Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have documented positive associations between religiosity and well-being. This study sought to reinvestigate the temporal relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction, utilizing the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model, which partitions the variance into between- and within-person components. The data were drawn from a nationally representative survey of American adults (N = 4167) collected 3 times during about 2 decades. Consistent with previous cross-sectional studies, a positive but weak association was found between religiosity and life satisfaction at the between-person level. However, within-person estimates (i.e., lagged cross-relations) were not significant, suggesting the absence of (Granger) causal relationships between religiosity and life satisfaction in this sample.

横断面和纵向研究已证明宗教信仰与幸福感之间存在正相关。这项研究试图利用随机拦截交叉滞后面板模型重新研究宗教信仰和生活满意度之间的时间关系，该模型将方差划分为人与人之间和人与人之间的组成部分。数据来自对美国成年人（N = 4167）在大约20年的时间里收集了3次。与以前的横断面研究一致，在人与人之间，宗教信仰和生活满意度之间存在积极但微弱的联系。但是，人内估计（即，滞后的交叉关系）并不显着，这表明在该样本中宗教和生活满意度之间没有（格兰杰）因果关系。