The Effect of Religiosity and Spirituality on Mental Health: Reply to Two Commentaries

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作者：
Garssen, Bert [1 ,2 ]
Visser, Anja [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Helen Dowling Inst, Ctr Psychooncol, Bilthoven, Netherlands
[2] Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Hlth Psychol, Groningen, Netherlands
[3] Univ Groningen, Fac Theol & Religious Studies, Groningen, Netherlands
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION | 2021年 / 31卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1080/10508619.2020.1861814
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
We published a meta-analysis to determine the longitudinal positive effect of religion or spirituality (R/S) on mental health. Forty-eight longitudinal studies were summarized (59 independent samples). The meta-analysis yielded a significant, but small overall effect size of r =.08. We concluded that there is evidence for a positive effect of R/S on mental health, but this effect is small. Our meta-analysis was recently criticized in this Journal by Koenig et al. Scientific debate is welcome, but we disagree with most of their comments. Our reply focusses on the following topics: Is the effect of R/S small? Might methodological issues underlie the small overall effect size? Randomized controlled studies, and change course and look elsewhere for more convincing results?
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