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• The Relationship Between the Religiousness & Spirituality
• and Mental & Physical Health
• in the Light of Emprical Researches
• Citation/©: Horozcu, Ümit, (2010). The Relationship Between the Religious
• ness & Spirituality and Mental & Physical Health in the Light of Empric
• al Researches, Milel ve Nihal, 7 (1), 209-240.
• Abstract: In this article, we inteded to show the effects of the religiosity and
• the spirituality on mental and body health, in the light of researchs which
• made in Turkey and in the world. Most of the researchs show that there is
• a positive relationship between the religiosity and health. And, the re
• seachers have found a negatif relationship or no relation in only a few re
• search. If we consider all of the studies we can say that religiosity and
• spirituality have positive effects on physical and mental health. It is un
• derstood that there is a relationship between body and mind, and due to
• this relation religiosity and spirituality influence the body health through the mental health.
• Key Words: religion, spirituality, mental health, body health, emprical research.