@article{ref1,
title="Spirituality but not religiosity is associated with better health and higher life satisfaction among adolescents",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2018",
author="Dankulincova Veselska, Zuzana and Jirasek, Ivo and Veselsky, Pavel and Jiraskova, Miroslava and Plevova, Irena and Tavel, Peter and Madarasova Geckova, Andrea",
volume="15",
number="12",
pages="e15122781-e15122781",
abstract="Careful conceptualization and differentiation of both spirituality and religiosity is a necessary precondition for understanding the potential role they play in health, whether physical or mental. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of spirituality with self-rated health, health complaints, and life satisfaction of adolescents with the moderating role of religiosity. Data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study conducted in 2014 in Slovakia were used. The final sample consisted of 658 adolescents (mean age = 15.37; 50.6% boys). Data regarding spirituality, religiosity, self-rated health, health complaints, and life satisfaction were obtained. Binary logistic models revealed spirituality to be associated with self-rated health, health complaints, and life satisfaction. A moderating role of religiosity was not confirmed. The presented findings indicate the need to distinguish between the concepts of religiosity and spirituality in connection with subjective health and life satisfaction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph15122781",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122781"
}