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The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19
Uncertainty, fear, and distress have become prevalent in the lives of U.S. residents since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unpredictable reality of social distancing, shutdowns, and isolation have affected daily routines and influenced well-being and health. Drawing on consumer culture t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01509-5 |
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author | Roth-Cohen, Osnat Muralidharan, Sidharth La Ferle, Carrie |
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description | Uncertainty, fear, and distress have become prevalent in the lives of U.S. residents since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unpredictable reality of social distancing, shutdowns, and isolation have affected daily routines and influenced well-being and health. Drawing on consumer culture theory, we conducted an exploratory study to examine the mediating role of consumer spirituality in the subjective well-being of religious Christians during COVID-19 and to discover links between well-being and health outcomes. Participants from the United States (n = 104) were recruited via a Qualtrics’ online panel. Findings show that religiosity among Christians enhanced subjective well-being, demonstrating the positive effect of religious beliefs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, spiritual consumption mediated this relationship, suggesting the importance of possessions to religious expression and subjective well-being. Implications for messaging about health and well-being are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-88531432022-02-18 The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 Roth-Cohen, Osnat Muralidharan, Sidharth La Ferle, Carrie J Relig Health Original Paper Uncertainty, fear, and distress have become prevalent in the lives of U.S. residents since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unpredictable reality of social distancing, shutdowns, and isolation have affected daily routines and influenced well-being and health. Drawing on consumer culture theory, we conducted an exploratory study to examine the mediating role of consumer spirituality in the subjective well-being of religious Christians during COVID-19 and to discover links between well-being and health outcomes. Participants from the United States (n = 104) were recruited via a Qualtrics’ online panel. Findings show that religiosity among Christians enhanced subjective well-being, demonstrating the positive effect of religious beliefs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, spiritual consumption mediated this relationship, suggesting the importance of possessions to religious expression and subjective well-being. Implications for messaging about health and well-being are discussed. Springer US 2022-02-15 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8853143/ /pubmed/35169898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01509-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Roth-Cohen, Osnat Muralidharan, Sidharth La Ferle, Carrie The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title | The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title_full | The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title_short | The Importance of Spiritual Consumption, Religious Expression and Subjective Well-Being among Christians in the US during COVID-19 |
title_sort | importance of spiritual consumption, religious expression and subjective well-being among christians in the us during covid-19 |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35169898 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01509-5 |
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