Examining the relationship between religious involvementand psychological health, loneliness, and well-being duringthe COVID-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults living in Ireland

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Brendan O�Maoileidigh, Mark Ward, Rose Anne Kenny and Siobhan Scarlett, Examining the relationship between religious involvementand psychological health, loneliness, and well-being duringthe COVID-19 pandemic among community dwelling older adults living in Ireland, Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 27, 4, 2024, 405 - 417Abstract:
During the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdown in Ireland, public
health restrictions created a barrier to in person religious
participation. The aim of this paper is to understand the effect
this had on psychological health. Data were from The Irish
Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The final sample was
made up of 3044 adults living in Ireland aged 60 years and older.
Relationships between religious participation and psychological
health were modelled using longitudinal regression analyses.
Loneliness increased between Wave 5 and COVID-19 relative to
Prayer [OR = .06, 95% CI = .10, .02, p < .01] while Mental Health
increased between Wave 5 and COVID-19 relative to Religious
Attendance [OR = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.00, 1.32, p < .05]. Results show
that religious participation had some effect on mental health and
loneliness. Future research should focus on measuring the
relationship at later stages of the pandemic and the use of
alternative forms of religious practice.
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