TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Religious well-being and suicide ideation in veterans - an exploratory study
JO  - Pastoral psychology
A1  - Kopacz, Marek S.
A1  - Morley, Sybil W.
A1  - Wozniak, Barbara M.
A1  - Simons, Kelsey V.
A1  - Bishop, Todd M.
A1  - Vance, C. Garland
SP  - 481
EP  - 491
VL  - 65
IS  - 4
N2  - Religious well-being is a multi-faceted construct posited as a protective factor against suicidal thoughts and behaviors. This cross-sectional, exploratory study used religious practice data collected from n = 5378 U.S. military veterans to create composite measures of private and public religious practice. These composite measures were subsequently used to determine the probability of being identified with a history of suicide ideation. Data analysis was conducted using logistic regression. Veterans with a history of suicide ideation made up 10.2 % (n = 549) of the sample. Such veterans had significantly lower mean public and private religiosity scores compared to those without ideation. Differences between these two composite measures of religiosity were associated with a higher probability of being identified with a history of suicide ideation. The present study adds to the extant literature by presenting a framework for interpreting religious well-being in the context of religious practice. Quantitative differences in engagement between private and public practices may be indicative of a decreased sense of religious well-being, conferring less protection against suicidal behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-2789
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-016-0699-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -