The effects of spiritual/religious practices on psychological well-being among inner city homeless women.
As part of a larger, retrospective investigation of homeless women's wholistic family planning needs, we examined spiritual/religious practices in relationship to mental health status and substance use. Ninety-two percent of our sample reported one or more spiritual/religious practices, such as praying, attending worship services, or reading religious materials. Forty-eight percent of the women reported the use of prayer as significantly related to less use of alcohol and/or street drugs, fewer perceived worries, and fewer depressive symptoms.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*