Abstract
Among elderly in the community of Sassenheim (The Netherlands) is examined whether protestants suffer more depressive symptoms than Roman Catholics and non-church members. Taken into account are salience of religion among the chronic diseased and, in a second sample, a measure of traditionality of belief-contents (orthodoxy). Concluded is that a depressogenic effect of protestantism can be detected among those elderly who do not consider religion to be salient and who disagree with a traditional content of belief.
| Translated title of the contribution | Religious denomination and depressive symptoms among elderly persons |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 325-330 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |