@article{ref1,
title="Let go and let God: a study of religiosity and depressive symptoms in the Black church",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2021",
author="Davenport, Alexandria D. and McClintock, Heather F.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of religiosity (organizational, non-organizational, subjective) and depressive symptoms  in the Black church. Surveys were administered to attendees of four churches in the  northeastern U.S. The Multidimensional Measure of Religious Involvement for African  Americans examined religiosity and the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 items assessed  depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analysis was employed to examine the  relationship between religiosity and depressive symptoms adjusting for potentially  influential covariates. Participants reporting high organizational religiosity were  significantly more likely to report non-significant depressive symptoms (adjusted  odds ratio (AOR) = 1.80, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05, 3.08) in comparison  with those reporting low organizational religiosity, when controlling for  potentially influential covariates. Our findings suggest that organizational  religiosity may be protective against depression. These findings inform the  development of initiatives seeking to reduce the burden of depression in the Black  church.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-020-00757-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00757-7"
}