Research tells us that there is an effect of prayer on well-being. However, little is known
about the mechanisms that underlie this relationship. In addition, much of the available data …

Prayer has been found to have a salutary effect on mental health. However little empirical
work has examined the effects of prayer on the well-being in individuals from the Muslim …

Two hundred and eighty-one men and women participated in a study that examined the
mediating role of mindfulness in the relationship between prayer and psychological well …

Abstract The Baylor Religion Survey (Wave 6; 2021) contains the most comprehensive set of
prayer questions of any national survey of the USA; it also contains multiple indicators of …

Participants (N= 430) were recruited online and completed a measure of six prayer types
(adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication, reception, and obligatory prayer) …

Research on the benefits of prayer have mainly focused on frequency and often neglect
other aspects of prayer. In this Brief Research Report, we reported independent and joint …

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the practice of a particular contemplative
prayer, rooted in a particular religious tradition, may affect a person's well-being and …

Research in the area of coping and stress has revealed that the use of religious coping has
significant beneficial implications on mental and physical well-being. Studies with Judeo …

This study investigates the impact of religiousness on mental health indicators in a
population sample of Israeli Jews aged 50 or older. Data are from the Israel sample of the …

The purpose of this special issue of Mental Health, Religion and Culture was to provide a
forum for examples of current research and theorizing examining the relationship between …