Health Beliefs, Health Behaviours, Health Status, and Coping Among Orthodox Conservative and Secular Jews

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Health Beliefs, Health Behaviours, Health Status, and Coping Among Orthodox Conservative and Secular Jews
Abstract
Judaism is a culture that highly values health. This high health value transcends from the Judaic law which states that all life must be preserved. However, there are individuals and group differences among different Jews depending on their following of the laws of the Torah. The author studied 248 Jewish students from the Montreal area, aged 16 to 35, who were members of the Hillel organization or were staff members in Jewish summer camps. The author found, as expected, that Orthodox Jews had higher health values than Conservative and Secular Jews, were more likely to engage in healthy behaviours, and had greater beliefs in the role of divine intervention in recovery from illness. Orthodox Jews also reported better physical, but not better mental health than Conservative and Secular Jews.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
Queen's University
Place
Kingston, ON
Date
1993
Language
en
Citation
Dayan, Joelle. “Health Beliefs, Health Behaviours, Health Status, and Coping Among Orthodox Conservative and Secular Jews.” Master’s Thesis, Queen’s University, 1993.
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