New York : If you tend to blame karma for illness, chances of you having poor physical and mental health are higher, suggests a new study, reports IANS.
“In general, the more religious or spiritual you are, the healthier you are, which makes sense,” said Brick Johnstone, neuropsychologist and professor of health psychology at University of Missouri in the US.
“But for some individuals, even if they have even the smallest degree of negative spirituality — basically, when individuals believe they are ill because they have done something wrong and God is punishing them — their health is worse,” Johnstone noted.
Johnstone and his colleagues studied nearly 200 individuals to find out how their spiritual beliefs affected their health outcomes. Individuals in the study had a range of health conditions, such as cancer, traumatic brain injury or chronic pain, and others were healthy.
