title: Exploring the relationships among humility, negative interaction in the church, and depressed affect.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to test three hypotheses involving humility. The first hypothesis specifies that people who are more deeply involved in religion will be more humble than individuals who are not as involved in religion. The second hypothesis predicts that humility will offset the effects of negative interaction in the church on depressed affect scores. The third hypothesis specifies that there will be a positive relationship between age and humility.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data come from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, a nationwide survey of middle-aged and older Christians who attend church on a regular basis (N = 1154).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings suggest that people who are more committed to their faith tend to be more humble. The results also reveal that negative interaction in the church is greater for people with lower humility scores than individuals with higher humility scores. In contrast, the data indicate that older adults are not more humble than middle-aged people.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings are noteworthy because they identify a source of resilience that may help middle-aged and older adults cope more effectively with the effects of stress.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Behavior and Health Education , University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , United States.
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: depressed affect; humility; negative interaction