Religious Coping and Hospital Admissions Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

dc.contributor.authorBediako, Shawn M.
dc.contributor.authorLattimer, Lakshmi
dc.contributor.authorHaywood, Carlton Jr.
dc.contributor.authorRatanawongsa, Neda
dc.contributor.authorLanzkron, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorBeach, Mary Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-15T16:37:38Z
dc.date.available2020-06-15T16:37:38Z
dc.date.issued2010-09-02
dc.description.abstractAlthough a well-established literature implicates religiosity as a central element of the African American experience, little is known about how individuals from this group utilize religion to cope with specific health-related stressors. The present study examined the relation between religious coping and hospital admissions among a cohort of 95 adults with sickle cell disease—a genetic blood disorder that, in the United States, primarily affects people of African ancestry. Multiple regression analyses indicated that positive religious coping uniquely accounted for variance in hospital admissions after adjusting for other demographic and diagnostic variables. Specifically, greater endorsement of positive religious coping was associated with significantly fewer hospital admissions (β = −.29, P < .05). These results indicate a need for further investigation of the roles that religion and spirituality play in adjustment to sickle cell disease and their influence on health care utilization patterns and health outcomes.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10865-010-9290-8en_US
dc.format.extent13 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles postprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2ogvb-xpgk
dc.identifier.citationBediako, S.M., Lattimer, L., Haywood, C. et al. Religious coping and hospital admissions among adults with sickle cell disease. J Behav Med 34, 120–127 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-010-9290-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-010-9290-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/18891
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.titleReligious Coping and Hospital Admissions Among Adults With Sickle Cell Diseaseen_US
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