Religiousness and psychotic experiences among young adult college students in the United States

BACKGROUND: Religiousness and psychotic experiences have been related, though findings have been mixed, with little attention paid to specific religious affiliations and religious importance.

METHODS: We analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020-2021), which was an online survey administered at 140 college campuses across the United States. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the associations between religiousness (affiliation and importance) and 12-month psychotic experiences, adjusting for age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

RESULTS: Only Christian religious affiliation was associated with lower odds of psychotic experiences (aOR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.75, 0.84), while Non-Christian religious affiliation (aOR: 1.34; 95% CI: 1.19, 1.50) and Multiple religious affiliation s were associated with greater odds (aOR: 1.28; 95% CI: 1.15, 1.42). Overall, increased religious importance was associated with lower odds of psychotic experiences (aOR: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.94-0.99). After stratifying by affiliation, religious importance was only associated with lower odds of psychotic experiences among people who identified as Other Christian, Mormon, and Other World Religion. Religious importance was associated with greater odds of psychotic experiences among Atheists, Agnostics, Buddhists, Nothing in Particular, and Multiple Religions.

CONCLUSION: Religious affiliation and importance had varying associations with psychotic experiences, depending on type of religious affiliation. More research is needed to explore the modifying effects of religiousness. Responsiveness to religious beliefs and practices may be critical when assessing risk for psychosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

The International journal of social psychiatry - 69(2023), 3 vom: 30. Mai, Seite 752-762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oh, Hans Y [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Edward B [VerfasserIn]
Klaunig, Mallory [VerfasserIn]
Narita, Zui [VerfasserIn]
Koyanagi, Ai [VerfasserIn]
Karcher, Nicole R [VerfasserIn]

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College
Journal Article
Psychosis
Psychotic experiences
Religion

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Date Completed 01.05.2023

Date Revised 07.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/00207640221135849

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348976771