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Berhanu KZ, Shiferaw AA. The mediating role of healthy lifestyle behavior in the relationship between religious practice and academic achievement in university students. BMC Psychol 2023; 11:416. [PMID: 38012783 PMCID: PMC10683229 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01455-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The issues of religious practice, healthy lifestyle behavior and academic achievement are global agendas. Most previous research has focused on either one or two of the variables, not three of them (e.g. just the relationship between religious practice and healthy lifestyle behavior). And addressing these three issues, by and large, demands a systemic approach to re-thinking the current level and improving it. OBJECTIVE To examine the causal relationship between religious practice, healthy lifestyle behavior, and academic achievement in the case of Debre Markos University (DMU) and Injibara University (IU), Ethiopia. METHODS Four hundred forty students are participated voluntarily using random sampling techniques. To attain this objective, a cross-sectional research method design was used. RESULTS The mean scores of students' healthy lifestyle behavior is more than average in all aspects. MANOVA results revealed that batch, ethnicity (region), and the university did not display a statistically significant difference among the composite (or combined) scores of both students' healthy lifestyles and religious practice. However, religious affiliation and gender religious practice and have an effect on religious practice and healthy lifestyle behavior respectively. The correlation output informs that religious practice and healthy lifestyle behavior are positively and significantly correlated with each other. Religious practice also significantly predicted students' healthy lifestyle behavior. Despite this, the academic achievement of students didn't have any relationship with their religious practice and healthy lifestyle behavior. CONCLUSION University students' healthy lifestyle behavior doesn't play an intervening variable in the effect of religious practice on academic achievement. Possible practical implications and recommendations have been forwarded.
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- Kelemu Zelalem Berhanu
- Department of Education Leadership and Management, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, 524 Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, Gauteng
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- Department of Psychology, Debre Markos University, 269, Debre Markos, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
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Morton KR, Lee JW, Spencer-Hwang R. Plant-based dietary intake moderates adverse childhood experiences association with early mortality in an older Adventist cohort. J Psychosom Res 2021; 151:110633. [PMID: 34634675 PMCID: PMC8668135 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) consistently predict poor mental and physical health as well as early all-cause mortality. Much work examines health harming behaviors that may be used to cope with ACEs associated stress responses and dysregulation. Limited research has been conducted assessing plant-based dietary intake on the ACEs and mortality relationship. We investigate moderators of the ACEs and mortality association including plant-based dietary intake. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to examine if the association between ACEs and early mortality is potentially moderated by plant-based dietary intake. PARTICIPANTS An observational, prospective cohort study that included 9301 Seventh-day Adventists were assessed from 2006 to 2017 in the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study (BRHS). METHODS We examined the potential impact of plant-based intake frequency on the ACEs and all-cause mortality relationship, while adjusting for potential confounders (e.g., demographics, health risks, mental and physical health) in a cox regression survival analysis. RESULTS ACEs were adversely associated with survival time (HR = 2.76, 95% CI: 1.15-6.64). Plant-based intake was associated with a reduction in the association of 4+ ACEs with early mortality (HR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.59-0.90) above and beyond demographics, animal-based intake, physical health, mental health, BMI, exercise, and worship. We estimate that after 4+ ACEs, those eating high versus low plant-based dietary intake may live 5.4 years longer. CONCLUSION Plant-based dietary intake may potentially moderate the ACEs and early mortality relationship; however, observational studies cannot determine causality.
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- Kelly R Morton
- Department of Family Medicine, Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University, USA.
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- School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, USA
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Acosta Enríquez ME, Uribe Salas FJ, Baek J, Sierra Archbold JP, Carrillo G. Association between life-style behaviors and health outcomes in Adventist and non-Adventist adolescents in Mexico: a pilot study. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:1705. [PMID: 31856777 PMCID: PMC6924060 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8042-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Identifying lifestyle-related health predictors affecting adolescent behaviors is a matter of interest and study for diverse audiences, including the religious sphere. The Adventist religion recommends their followers to adopt a healthy diet, adequate rest, physical activity, sufficient water intake, and non-use of addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, as well as fostering faith and hope to give meaning to life. Methods A cross-sectional and observational study was conducted among adolescent students aged 13 to 19 years old in Montemorelos City, Nuevo León, Northern Mexico, between September 14, 2017 and February 13, 2018. This study included 363 Mexican adolescents, consisting of 202 Adventists and 161 non-Adventists. The binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the relationships between religious affiliation and life-style behaviors and evaluate the effect of life-style behaviors on health outcomes by religious affiliation. Age, gender, type of residence, and place of birth were controlled. Results We found that Adventist adolescents were more likely to be watching TV for 2 h or less per day (p < 0.001), have enough sleeping time for 7 h or more (p < 0.001), go to bed early at 11 o’clock or before (p < 0.001), and have breakfast (p = 0.006) than non-Adventist adolescents significantly. It indicates that Adventist students are more likely to have healthier life-style behaviors than non-Adventist students. The multiple binomial regression models showed that in the group of Adventist adolescents sporting activity and hours watching TV were significantly associated with obesity risk (p = 0.001) and risky eating patterns (p = 0.044), respectively, controlling for age, gender, type of residence, and place of birth. No relationship was found between life-style behaviors and health outcomes in non-Adventist adolescents. Conclusions Religious affiliation could serve as a predictor of healthy behaviors among adolescents. This study concluded that Adventist adolescents are more likely to have a healthier lifestyle behavior than non-Adventist adolescents and various health-related behaviors were specifically identified among Adventist participants.
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- Maria Elena Acosta Enríquez
- Montemorelos University, Sciences of Health Faculty, Nutrition School, School of Public Health, Libertad 1300 Pte., C.P. 67500, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Progreso 503, Seccion 1, Amp Tierra y Esperanza, C.P. 26020, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 212 Adriance Lab Road, Suite 110, College Station, TX, USA
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- Montemorelos University, Sciences of Health Faculty, Nutrition School, School of Public Health, Libertad 1300 Pte., C.P. 67500, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, 212 Adriance Lab Road, Suite 110, College Station, TX, USA.
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Maly A, Vallerand AH. Neighborhood, Socioeconomic, and Racial Influence on Chronic Pain. Pain Manag Nurs 2018; 19:14-22. [PMID: 29422123 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The purpose of this review is to highlight the neighborhood, socioeconomic, and racial influences on chronic pain. Negative influences on the experience of chronic pain are explored and defined as any adverse stressor common in low socioeconomic, urban neighborhoods that potentially contributes to health disparity in African Americans experiencing chronic pain. The multifactorial influences on chronic pain disparity in African Americans are explored and expounded upon in this review of existing evidence. Databases used for the search included CINAHL, PubMed, and PsycArticles. The experience of chronic pain is multifaceted, existing with multiple comorbidities and lasting consequences. To improve the burden of chronic pain requires a multifactorial assessment that considers neighborhood risk factors, emphasis on environmental stressors, limitations to support networks, barriers to physical activity, and access to primary care providers with whom communication is open and without bias. A comprehensive assessment of barriers will aid in the development of interventions that reach beyond the physical factors of chronic pain, also considering the psychosocial barriers to improving the burden of chronic pain in African Americans living in impoverished urban neighborhoods.
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- Angelika Maly
- Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan.
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Morton KR, Lee JW, Martin LR. Pathways from Religion to Health: Mediation by Psychosocial and Lifestyle Mechanisms. Psycholog Relig Spiritual 2017; 9:106-117. [PMID: 28435513 PMCID: PMC5397113 DOI: 10.1037/rel0000091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Religiosity, often measured as attendance at religious services, is linked to better physical health and longevity though the mechanisms linking the two are debated. Potential explanations include: a healthier lifestyle, increased social support from congregational members, and/or more positive emotions. Thus far, these mechanisms have not been tested simultaneously in a single model though they likely operate synergistically. We test this model predicting all-cause mortality in Seventh-day Adventists, a denomination that explicitly promotes a healthy lifestyle. This allows the more explicit health behaviors linked to the religious doctrine (e.g., healthy diet) to be compared with other mechanisms not specific to religious doctrine (e.g., social support and positive emotions). Finally, this study examines both Church Activity (including worship attendance and church responsibilities) and Religious Engagement (coping, importance, and intrinsic beliefs). Religious Engagement is more is more inner-process focused (vs. activity-based) and less likely to be confounded with age and its associated functional status limitations, although it should be noted that age is controlled in the present study. The findings suggest that Religious Engagement and Church Activity operate through the mediators of health behavior, emotion, and social support to decrease mortality risk. All links between Religious Engagement and mortality are positive but indirect through positive Religious Support, Emotionality, and lifestyle mediators. However, Church Activity has a direct positive effect on mortality as well as indirect effects through, Religious Support, Emotionality, and lifestyle mediators (diet and exercise). The models were invariant by gender and for both Blacks and Whites.
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- School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
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Przekop P, Haviland MG, Oda K, Morton KR. Prevalence and correlates of pain interference in older adults: why treating the whole body and mind is necessary. J Bodyw Mov Ther 2015; 19:217-25. [PMID: 25892375 PMCID: PMC4517937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Our study presents pain-related interference rates in a sample of community-dwelling, older adults and determines factors associated with these restrictions. Participants were 9506 respondents to the Biopsychosocial Religion and Health Study (66.8% female and 33.2% male; average age = 62.3 years). In this sample, 48.2% reported no pain-related interference, whereas 37.7% reported moderate and 14.1% reported severe interference. As hypothesized, older age, female gender, lower education, financial strain, traumatic experiences, worse health, increased body mass index, poor sleep, and depressive symptoms all were associated with higher pain interference ratings (ordered logistic regression/three-level pain criterion; odds ratios p < 0.05). Our findings are similar to those from younger adults, and they suggest enduring effects of trauma on health and reveal the complexity of chronic pain in community-dwelling, older adults.
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- Peter Przekop
- Betty Ford Center, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA; Department of Neurology, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, School of Public Health, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA; Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University, School of Behavioral Health, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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