Religion aids mental health

National Catholic Reporter, Nov 5, 2004 by Dennis Coday

LOS ANGELES -- College students with significant religions involvement report better emotional health then those with no involvement, new research from UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute shows. The results, drawn from a national study of 3,680 college students, indicate that students who are not churchgoers are more than twice as likely to say they have felt depressed or had poorer emotional health than students who frequently attend religions services.

The findings, released Oct. 25, show that religions activity has positive links to emotional health. Those who often attend religious services are far less likely to frequently feel overwhelmed during college.