So does poor sleep lead to religiousness, or does religiousness lead to poor sleep?
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Religious affiliation was associated with sleep duration, but not in the predicted direction. Atheists/Agnostics (73%) were significantly more likely to report meeting consensus sleep duration guidelines than religiously-affiliated individuals (65%), p<.05.
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0193 Sleep Health Across Religions: A Consideration of Bidirectional Processes
AbstractIntroduction. The psychology of religion literature indicates that religious engagement is beneficial to physical and mental health. Such effects might
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Religious affiliation was associated with sleep duration, but not in the predicted direction. Atheists/Agnostics (73%) were significantly more likely to report meeting consensus sleep duration guidelines than religiously-affiliated individuals (65%), p<.05.
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