Department of Economics and Business Economics

TY - JOUR

T1 - Psychotic experiences and religiosity

T2 - data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

AU - Kovess-Masfety, V.

AU - Saha, S.

AU - Lim, C. C.W.

AU - Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.

AU - Al-Hamzawi, A.

AU - Alonso, J.

AU - Borges, G.

AU - de Girolamo, G.

AU - de Jonge, P.

AU - Demyttenaere, K.

AU - Florescu, S.

AU - Haro, J. M.

AU - Hu, C.

AU - Karam, E. G.

AU - Kawakami, N.

AU - Lee, S.

AU - Lepine, J. P.

AU - Navarro-Mateu, F.

AU - Stagnaro, J. C.

AU - ten Have, M.

AU - Viana, M. C.

AU - Kessler, R. C.

AU - McGrath, J. J.

AU - Al-Kaisy, Salih

AU - Andrade, Helena

AU - Benjet, Corina

AU - Bruffaerts, Ronny

AU - Bunting, Brendan

AU - de, A.

AU - Cardoso, Graça

AU - Chatterji, Somnath

AU - Cia, Alfredo H.

AU - Degenhardt, Louisa

AU - Fayyad, John

AU - Gureje, Oye

AU - He, Yanling

AU - Hinkov, Hristo

AU - Hu, Chi Yi

AU - Huang, Yueqin

AU - Karam, Nasser

AU - Kiejna, Andrzej

AU - Levinson, Daphna

AU - Medina-Mora, Elena

AU - Mneimneh, Zeina

AU - Moskalewicz, Jacek

AU - Pennell, Beth Ellen

AU - Piazza, Marina

AU - Posada-Villa, Jose

AU - Scott, Kate M.

AU - Slade, Tim

AU - the WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators

PY - 2018/4/1

Y1 - 2018/4/1

N2 - Objectives: Religiosity is often associated with better health outcomes. The aim of the study was to examine associations between psychotic experiences (PEs) and religiosity in a large, cross-national sample. Methods: A total of 25 542 adult respondents across 18 countries from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys were assessed for PEs, religious affiliation and indices of religiosity, DSM-IV mental disorders and general medical conditions. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between PEs and religiosity with various adjustments. Results: Of 25 542 included respondents, 85.6% (SE = 0.3) (n = 21 860) respondents reported having a religious affiliation. Overall, there was no association between religious affiliation status and PEs. Within the subgroup having a religious affiliation, four of five indices of religiosity were significantly associated with increased odds of PEs (odds ratios ranged from 1.3 to 1.9). The findings persisted after adjustments for mental disorders and/or general medical conditions, as well as religious denomination type. There was a significant association between increased religiosity and reporting more types of PEs. Conclusions: Among individuals with religious affiliations, those who reported more religiosity on four of five indices had increased odds of PEs. Focussed and more qualitative research will be required to unravel the interrelationship between religiosity and PEs.

AB - Objectives: Religiosity is often associated with better health outcomes. The aim of the study was to examine associations between psychotic experiences (PEs) and religiosity in a large, cross-national sample. Methods: A total of 25 542 adult respondents across 18 countries from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys were assessed for PEs, religious affiliation and indices of religiosity, DSM-IV mental disorders and general medical conditions. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between PEs and religiosity with various adjustments. Results: Of 25 542 included respondents, 85.6% (SE = 0.3) (n = 21 860) respondents reported having a religious affiliation. Overall, there was no association between religious affiliation status and PEs. Within the subgroup having a religious affiliation, four of five indices of religiosity were significantly associated with increased odds of PEs (odds ratios ranged from 1.3 to 1.9). The findings persisted after adjustments for mental disorders and/or general medical conditions, as well as religious denomination type. There was a significant association between increased religiosity and reporting more types of PEs. Conclusions: Among individuals with religious affiliations, those who reported more religiosity on four of five indices had increased odds of PEs. Focussed and more qualitative research will be required to unravel the interrelationship between religiosity and PEs.

KW - epidemiology

KW - psychotic experiences

KW - religiosity

KW - World Mental Health Survey

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KW - CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS

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UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85042116080&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/acps.12859

DO - 10.1111/acps.12859

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 29453789

AN - SCOPUS:85042116080

VL - 137

SP - 306

EP - 315

JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

SN - 0001-690X

IS - 4

ER -