Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

V. Kovess-Masfety; S. Saha; C. C.W. Lim; S. Aguilar-Gaxiola; A. Al-Hamzawi; J. Alonso; G. Borges; G. de Girolamo; P. de Jonge; K. Demyttenaere; S. Florescu; J. M. Haro; C. Hu; E. G. Karam; N. Kawakami; S. Lee; J. P. Lepine; F. Navarro-Mateu; J. C. Stagnaro; M. ten Have; M. C. Viana; R. C. Kessler; J. J. McGrath; Salih Al-Kaisy; Helena Andrade; Corina Benjet; Ronny Bruffaerts; Brendan Bunting; A. de; Graça Cardoso; Somnath Chatterji; Alfredo H. Cia; Louisa Degenhardt; John Fayyad; Oye Gureje; Yanling He; Hristo Hinkov; Chi Yi Hu; Yueqin Huang; Nasser Karam; Andrzej Kiejna; Daphna Levinson; Elena Medina-Mora; Zeina Mneimneh; Jacek Moskalewicz; Beth Ellen Pennell; Marina Piazza; Jose Posada-Villa; Kate M. Scott; Tim Slade

doi:10.1111/acps.12859

Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

V. Kovess-Masfety, S. Saha, C. C.W. Lim, S. Aguilar-Gaxiola, A. Al-Hamzawi, J. Alonso, G. Borges, G. de Girolamo, P. de Jonge, K. Demyttenaere, S. Florescu, J. M. Haro, C. Hu, E. G. Karam, N. Kawakami, S. Lee, J. P. Lepine, F. Navarro-Mateu, J. C. Stagnaro, M. ten HaveM. C. Viana, R. C. Kessler, J. J. McGrath, Salih Al-Kaisy, Helena Andrade, Corina Benjet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Brendan Bunting, A. de, Graça Cardoso, Somnath Chatterji, Alfredo H. Cia, Louisa Degenhardt, John Fayyad, Oye Gureje, Yanling He, Hristo Hinkov, Chi Yi Hu, Yueqin Huang, Nasser Karam, Andrzej Kiejna, Daphna Levinson, Elena Medina-Mora, Zeina Mneimneh, Jacek Moskalewicz, Beth Ellen Pennell, Marina Piazza, Jose Posada-Villa, Kate M. Scott, Tim Slade

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Objectives: Religiosity is often associated with better health outcomes. The aim of the study was to examine associations between psychotic experiences (PEs) and religiosity in a large, cross-national sample. Methods: A total of 25 542 adult respondents across 18 countries from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys were assessed for PEs, religious affiliation and indices of religiosity, DSM-IV mental disorders and general medical conditions. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between PEs and religiosity with various adjustments. Results: Of 25 542 included respondents, 85.6% (SE = 0.3) (n = 21 860) respondents reported having a religious affiliation. Overall, there was no association between religious affiliation status and PEs. Within the subgroup having a religious affiliation, four of five indices of religiosity were significantly associated with increased odds of PEs (odds ratios ranged from 1.3 to 1.9). The findings persisted after adjustments for mental disorders and/or general medical conditions, as well as religious denomination type. There was a significant association between increased religiosity and reporting more types of PEs. Conclusions: Among individuals with religious affiliations, those who reported more religiosity on four of five indices had increased odds of PEs. Focussed and more qualitative research will be required to unravel the interrelationship between religiosity and PEs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	306-315
Number of pages	10
Journal	Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Volume	137
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12859
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

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epidemiology
psychotic experiences
religiosity
World Mental Health Survey

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Kovess-Masfety, V., Saha, S., Lim, C. C. W., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Borges, G., de Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., Haro, J. M., Hu, C., Karam, E. G., Kawakami, N., Lee, S., Lepine, J. P., Navarro-Mateu, F., Stagnaro, J. C., ... Slade, T. (2018). Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 137(4), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12859

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