Researchers are increasingly identifying a number of elements of the “dark side” of religion that undermine its overall positive relationship with well-being. This study assesses the impact of changes in religious doubt for physical health and depression in emerging adulthood, a life course stage when individuals begin to form their own religious identity. Using Waves 3 and 4 of the National Study of Youth and Religion, a latent class growth analysis was used to derive four trajectories of religious doubt (stable no doubt, stable doubt, increasing doubt, decreasing doubt). Regression results suggest that those in the increasing doubt class reported higher depression and worse self-rated health than with stable no doubt. Causal mediation analyses revealed that a decreased sense of meaning in life was found to mediate this relationship. This study sets forth implications for future research centered on religion and health over the life course.

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新兴成年期宗教怀疑和身心健康的变化

研究人员越来越多地确定了宗教“阴暗面”的一些因素，这些因素破坏了宗教与幸福的整体积极关系。这项研究评估了宗教怀疑的变化对成年后身体健康和抑郁的影响，这是个人开始形成自己的宗教身份的生命历程阶段。使用国家青年与宗教研究的第 3 波和第 4 波，使用潜在阶级增长分析得出宗教怀疑的四个轨迹（稳定的怀疑、稳定的怀疑、增加的怀疑、减少的怀疑）。回归结果表明，与毫无疑问稳定的人相比，怀疑程度增加的人报告的抑郁程度更高，自评健康状况更差。因果中介分析表明，生活中意义感的下降被发现可以调节这种关系。