Religiosity and Depressive Symptoms in Post-Communist Albania: A Preregistered Secondary Analysis of the European Social Survey (Round 6)
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Secondary analysis of the Albanian sample of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012-13). The study tests whether self-rated religiosity (H1) and religious service attendance (H2) are associated with fewer depressive symptoms (CES-D-8), controlling for age, gender, education, income, self-rated health and residence, using weighted linear regression. An exploratory hypothesis (H3) tests whether the religiosity-depression association differs for respondents raised during Albania's 1967-1990 ban on religion. Additional exploratory analyses compare Albania with Kosovo and examine denomination and prayer.
Source: OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Author: Gerald Brahimaj
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225669197