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Research has often yielded that those who are actively engaged in religion are generally happier, have better marriages and reap many various rewards. Using an ecological framework, how does involvement in religion influence the many systems that one interacts with and ultimately produce those benefits noted. (100 words)

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This solution will assist the student in understanding how religion influences people from the perspective of the social ecological framework and examines how time affects a person's development in approximately 200 words.

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Religion, and belief systems (i.e. Zenism, Taoism, and such where there isn't a god who is worshipped), influence all components of the social ecological framework. To take McLeroy et.al., for example, religion can influence, both positively (and negatively), the intrapersonal, the interpersonal, the organizational, the community, and public policy. Two factors will influence how much religion will influence the systems that one interacts with:
(1) the strength and/or depth of the practice of the religion/belief system in the family; and,
(2) the strength and/or depth of influence ...

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