Better physical health probably follows religious and spiritual engagement, rather than vice versa, per six year longitudinal US study aiming to tease out this relationship

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Better physical health probably follows religious and spiritual engagement, rather than vice versa, per six year longitudinal U.S. study aiming to tease out this relationship.

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Better physical health probably follows religious and spiritual engagement, rather than vice versa, per six year longitudinal U.S. study aiming to tease out this relationship

Article URL: https://plos.io/42vnJyK

Article title: “Which comes first”: Religious/spiritual engagement or health? Initial observations from longitudinal analyses

Author countries: U.S.

Funding: Dr. Neal Krause received funding for Wave 1 of this study (Grant ID: 40077), and Dr. Gail Ironson received funding for Wave 2 of this study (Grant ID: 61430), from the John Templeton Foundation who did not play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The URL for this project is: https://www.templeton.org/grant/landmark-spirituality-and-health-survey-follow-up-prediction-to-mortality-mental-and-physical-health-outcomes.

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Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0320410 

Article Title

“Which comes first”: Religious/spiritual engagement or health? Initial observations from longitudinal analyses

Article Publication Date

7-May-2025