Although numerous studies have shown that religious attendance is associated with greater social support, concerns remain about selection into religious attendance and more supportive relationships. In this paper, we employ data collected from the 2011 Miami-Dade Health Survey (n = 444) to assess the extent to which the association between religious attendance and social support is due to selection processes related to personality, health behavior, and health status. In our multinomial logistic regression of attendance, we find that the odds of weekly attendance are increased by extraversion and reduced by smoking. We also observe that religious attendance does not vary according to level of agreeableness, self-esteem, alcohol consumption, psychological distress, or physical health. In our regression of support, we find that respondents who attend religious services weekly or more tend to report more social support than respondents who never attend. This association persisted with adjustments for age, gender, race, immigrant status, interview language, education, employment status, household income, financial strain, marital status (parent and respondent), the presence of children, family difficulties, personality (agreeableness, extroversion, and self-esteem), health behavior (smoking, binge drinking, and substance use), and health status (psychological distress, activity limitations, and overall physical health). Across models, the association between weekly attendance and social support is attenuated by no more than 7%. This attenuation is due to personality (extraversion), not health behavior or health status. We conclude that the association between religious attendance and social support is primarily driven by integration processes rather than any selection processes we have considered.

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宗教参与和社会支持：融合还是选择？

尽管许多研究表明参加宗教活动与更大的社会支持有关，但人们仍然担心选择参加宗教活动和更多的支持性关系。在本文中，我们使用从 2011 年迈阿密戴德健康调查 (n = 444) 收集的数据来评估宗教参与和社会支持之间的关联程度是由于与个性、健康行为和健康状况相关的选择过程造成的. 在我们的出勤率多项逻辑回归中，我们发现每周出勤率因外向性增加而因吸烟而降低。我们还观察到，参加宗教活动不会因宜人程度、自尊、饮酒、心理困扰或身体健康而异。在我们的支持回归中，我们发现每周或更多参加宗教服务的受访者比从未参加过的受访者更倾向于报告更多的社会支持。这种关联持续调整年龄、性别、种族、移民身份、面试语言、教育、就业状况、家庭收入、经济压力、婚姻状况（父母和受访者）、是否有孩子、家庭困难、性格（随和、外向和自尊）、健康行为（吸烟、酗酒和滥用药物）和健康状况（心理困扰、活动受限和整体身体健康）。在所有模型中，每周出勤率和社会支持之间的关联减弱不超过 7%。这种衰减是由于个性（外向），而不是健康行为或健康状况。