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2017 ; 59
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The Effect of Religiosity on Life Satisfaction in a Secularized Context:
Assessing the Relevance of Believing and Belonging
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Ten Kate J
; de Koster W
; van der Waal J
Rev Relig Res
2017[]; 59
(2
): 135-155
PMID28680186
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The positive relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction is
well-established. This relationship is, however, likely to vary across cultural
contexts and different religious affiliations. Furthermore, research is needed to
uncover why religion is relevant for life satisfaction. Addressing these issues,
we investigate what dimensions of being religious play a role in the life
satisfaction of individuals with different religious affiliations, including the
understudied Muslim category, in the highly secularized Dutch context. We examine
'believing', which captures how religion provides meaning and a coherent
worldview, and 'belonging', which comprises both cultural benefits of being
embedded in a congregation with a shared framework of meaning and structural
benefits due to more social ties. Analyses of the NEtherlands Longitudinal
Lifecourse Study (n = 5312) first indicate that Muslims display significantly
lower life satisfaction than the non-religious, which appears to be due to their
underprivileged social position rather than intra-religious factors of believing
and belonging. Second, we find that Catholics experience significant life
satisfaction benefits compared to those who are not religious, and that only
belonging plays a role in this association. Next to the beneficial effect of the
structural aspect of belonging, which revolves around social ties, a cultural
aspect of religious belonging appears to be salient, suggesting that an important
life satisfaction advantage of religious communities lies in their ability to
foster a sense of solidarity and commitment through a shared framework of
meaning. We make several recommendations for further research based on these
findings.