Trust in God and/or Science? Sociodemographic Differences in the Effects of Beliefs in an Engaged God and Mistrust of the COVID-19 Vaccine

L Upenieks, J Ford-Robertson… - Journal of Religion and …, 2022 - Springer
At present, COVID-19 vaccines are widely available in the USA, but large proportions of the
American populace remain unvaccinated. One possible source of COVID-19 vaccine …

Racial Capitalism and Black–White Health Inequities in the United States: The Case of the 2008 Financial Crisis

RT DeAngelis - Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholars cite racist political-economic systems as drivers of health inequities in the United
States (ie, racial capitalism). But how does racial capitalism generate health inequities? I …

Religious/spiritual struggles and suicidal ideation in the COVID-19 era: Does the belief in divine control and religious attendance matter?

L Upenieks - Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
As a result of the upheaval to all facets of social life, the potential for higher suicide rates in
the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is of great concern. Using …

Religious involvement and allostatic resilience: Findings from a community study of Black and White americans

R DeAngelis, L Upenieks, P Louie - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health …, 2024 - Springer
Wide inequities in stress and health have been documented between Black and White
women and men in the United States. This study asks: How does religion factor into these …

Changes in religiosity and reliance on God during the COVID-19 pandemic: A protective role under conditions of financial strain?

L Upenieks, CG Ellison - Review of Religious Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most devastating disasters of the
twenty-first century and has exacted a steep health and economic toll. During times of …

Religiosity and wellbeing in areas of socio-economic deprivation: The role of social capital and spiritual capital in enabling resources for subjective wellbeing

ADJ Fry - Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although religiosity and socio-economic status shape wellbeing, there are few analyses on
wellbeing and religiosity in socio-economically deprived areas, despite decreases in …

Is irreligion a risk factor for suicidality? Findings from the Nashville stress and health study

CL Daniels, CG Ellison, RT DeAngelis… - Journal of religion and …, 2023 - Springer
Suicide is a public health problem and one of the leading causes of death in the United
States. Research exploring the linkages between religion and spirituality has received …

The nature of power: Elaborating the association between divine control and mental health

L Upenieks, C Orfanidis, TD Hill - Society and Mental Health, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last decade, we have witnessed a resurgence of research on religious cognitions
and mental health, including, most notably, perceptions of divine control. Although prior work …

Divine compensation? Gender, religiosity, and the link between feeling underpaid and psychological distress

L Upenieks, S Schieman - Review of Religious Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Theoretical and empirical work within social psychology has highlighted the impact of the
sense of distributive injustice—the evaluation of unfairness in the distribution of outcomes or …

Does religiosity buffer the adverse mental health effects of work-family strain? Examining the role of an overlooked resource

L Upenieks, S Schieman… - Review of Religious …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
North American employees face substantial challenges in managing their work and family
lives. Drawing from Hobfoll's 2001 conservation of resources (COR) theory, work-family …