Despite a growing body of the literature on how features of social networks influence well‐being, we know little of how the religiosity of social networks matter. This study addresses three types of religious social network ties and their association with mental health: same (non)‐religious ties, religious discussion ties, and ties offering prayers on an individual's behalf. Using ego‐centric network data from the 2006 Portraits of American Life Study (N = 2,223), multivariate regression results suggest that a greater number of ties that discuss religion and pray for the respondent are detrimental to the mental health of those of a low religious salience. Taken together, this study demonstrates that religious dimensions of social networks exact an important influence on mental health and highlights the importance of identifying specific features of religion among core network ties.

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亲密关系对抑郁症的影响：网络宗教是否重要？

尽管关于社交网络的特征如何影响幸福的文献越来越多，但我们对社交网络的宗教信仰如何影响的了解很少。这项研究探讨了三种类型的宗教社会网络纽带及其与心理健康的关系：相同（非）宗教纽带，宗教讨论纽带和代表个人祈祷的纽带。使用以2006年美国人生肖像研究（N= 2,223），多元回归结果表明，讨论宗教并为被访者祈祷的联系数量较多，不利于宗教信仰低下者的心理健康。两者合计，这项研究表明，社交网络的宗教维度对心理健康产生重要影响，并强调了在核心网络纽带中确定宗教特定特征的重要性。