中高齡者宗教信仰與心理健康之關係

身體與心理健康的關係經常在研究上看到，但是相較之下，心靈與心理健康的關聯性卻少有文獻探討，在台灣相關論文數量相當稀少。本研究探討中高齡者之宗教信仰與心理健康之關連。使用中研院之台灣社會變遷資料庫之全國性資料分析50歲以上（Mean = 63.45）之社區居民（N=760），探討他們的宗教信仰（有無宗教、宗教行為、宗教愛）與心理健康（身體症狀、心理症狀）間之可能關聯性。多層迴歸分析結果發現宗教愛與心理健康之身體症狀呈現顯著正向關聯，但是，宗教行為與心理健康之身體症狀卻是負向關聯，其它變項間則未發現關聯性。此結果之可能解釋也在文後有所討論。

關鍵字

老人；中高齡；宗教信仰；宗教行為；心理健康

並列摘要

The relationship between physical and psychological health has been well documented. However, the exploration of spiritual-psychological relationship in literature is rare, especially in Taiwan. The current study utilized Taiwan Social Change Survey to explore the link between psychological health and spiritual belief, behavior, and spiritual love, in middle and older age participants (Mean age = 63.45, N = 760). The results reveal that those subjectively feel complete love in religious activity positively related to psychological health (physical complains domain). Reversely, those with higher frequency in visiting religious places negatively related to psychological health (physical complains domain). The other variables were not found significantly related to each other. The possible explanation of the results were discussed.

並列關鍵字

Elderly ； middle age and order people ； religiosity ； religious behavior ； psychological health

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