The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Religion to Perceived Health in Disabled Adolescents
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Mitchell, Hannah
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Though studies have shown positive impacts of self-esteem and religion for disabled individuals, research surrounding disability is varied in conceptualization and definition of disability. This study examines the relationship between self-esteem, religion, and perceived health in disabled adolescents using a salutogenic framework. Participants were 102 physically disabled adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health Study). The archival data from the Add Health Study was used to explore the relationship between self-esteem (generalized resistance resource [GRR]), religion (GRR), and religious action (specific resistance resource [SRR]) with perceived health in disabled adolescents. Self-esteem was significantly correlated with perceived health and religious action. Religiosity was significantly correlated with religious action. There were no significant correlations between perceived health, religiosity, and religious action. Religious action did not mediate the relationship between perceived health and religiosity. Religiosity did not moderate the relationship between perceived health and self-esteem. This study lays the groundwork for future research surrounding disability utilizing a salutogenic framework, though future studies should expand the disability types included. Future studies should also expand the racial and religious makeup of the sample. This study also expands the current body of research by showing a similar pattern of relation between self-esteem and perceived health, self- esteem and religious action, and religion and religious action in disabled adolescents as is found in their able-bodied counterparts. A wide range of implications for clinical practice exist from understanding how religious involvement may impact disabled adolescent clients’ self-esteem and perceived health to exploring the utilization of a salutogenic framework when conceptualizing clients’ coping and well-being.
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Clayton State University