@article{ref1,
title="Church‐Based Social Relationships and Change in Self‐Esteem Over Time",
journal="Journal for the scientific study of religion",
year="2009",
author="Krause, Neal",
volume="48",
number="4",
pages="756-773",
abstract="This study has two goals. The first goal is to see if church-based social relationships are associated with change in self-esteem. Emotional support from fellow church members and having a close personal relationship with God serve as measures of church-based social ties. The second goal is to see whether emotional support from fellow church members is more strongly associated with self-esteem than emotional support from secular social network members. The data come from an ongoing nationwide survey of older adults. The findings reveal that having a close personal relationship with God is associated with a stronger sense of self-esteem at the baseline and follow-up interviews. In contrast, emotional support from fellow church members was not associated with self-esteem at either point in time. However, emotional support from secular social network members is related to self-esteem at the baseline but not the follow-up interview.<p />",
language="",
issn="0021-8294",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01477.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01477.x"
}