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Religious Dissociation and Economic Appraisal in Brazil.
- Source :
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Journal of Religion & Health . Apr2016, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p522-534. 13p. 1 Chart, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Research on the association between religion and health often neglects to provide an explicit theoretical mechanism of influence between faith and well-being. This research posits that dissociative behaviors, such as glossolalia, may provide a biological pathway that influences both physiological and psychological health. This paper argues that religious dissociation acts as a moderator between economic stressors and psychobiological appraisal. Brazil, with its economic inequality and preponderance of religious dissociative rituals, provides an ideal context to examine religious dissociation as a moderator of stress. Utilizing data from a cross section of Brazilian faiths, this paper examines: (1) Whether individuals with low socioeconomic status preferentially participate and experience religious dissociative states and (2) whether dissociative states are correlated with greater psychological appraisal of status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224197
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113638010
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0015-8