Citation
Moffatt, Will & Evans, Brent (2024). The impact of childhood epilepsy diagnoses on adult religiosity. Economics Bulletin. vol. 44 (2)Abstract
For some patients, epileptic seizures are accompanied by surreal physical sensations and religious visions. In some cases, these seizures lead individuals to dramatically change their worldview and religious beliefs. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we build econometric models to assess how a childhoodepilepsy diagnosis affects one's religiosity as an adult. While we find no evidence that epilepsy diagnoses increase
religious faith, we show that people with epilepsy are 17.7 percentage points more likely to attend religious services at
least once per month.
URL
http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2024/Volume44/EB-24-V44-I2-P39.pdfKeyword(s)
epilepsyReference Type
Journal ArticleJournal Title
Economics BulletinAuthor(s)
Moffatt, WillEvans, Brent