Trait entitlement: A cognitive-personality source of vulnerability to psychological distress.

JB Grubbs, JJ Exline - Psychological bulletin, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychological entitlement is a personality trait characterized by pervasive feelings of
deservingness, specialness, and exaggerated expectations. The present review expands …

Religious/spiritual abuse and trauma: A systematic review of the empirical literature.

HM Ellis, JN Hook, S Zuniga, AS Hodge… - Spirituality in Clinical …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Religion and spirituality (R/S) play an important role in the lives of many. Although R/S can
be a resource when coping with stress, it can also be a source of stress or trauma. We …

The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale: Development and initial validation.

JJ Exline, KI Pargament, JB Grubbs… - Psychology of Religion …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Many people experience struggle around religious and spiritual aspects of life, as shown in
a steadily growing body of research. A need now exists for more comprehensive, reliable …

Robust links between religious/spiritual struggles, psychological distress, and well-being in a national sample of American adults.

H Abu-Raiya, KI Pargament, N Krause… - American Journal of …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
This study is one of the first attempts to examine the relationships between religious and
spiritual struggles (r/s struggles) measured comprehensively and indicators of psychological …

Religious and spiritual struggles.

JJ Exline - 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
For many people, religion and spirituality constitute a major domain of life, one that may
influence other domains (eg, work, relationships, self-regulation). As with any dimension of …

Anger toward God: social-cognitive predictors, prevalence, and links with adjustment to bereavement and cancer.

JJ Exline, CL Park, JM Smyth… - Journal of personality and …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Many people see themselves as being in a relationship with God and see this bond as
comforting. Yet, perceived relationships with God also carry the potential for experiencing …

Intellectual humility: Scale development and theoretical elaborations in the context of religious leadership

SE McElroy, KG Rice, DE Davis… - … of Psychology and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This article focused on how perceptions of intellectual humility (IH)—humility regarding one's
knowledge or influence over ideas—affect relationships with religious leaders. We …

Religious considerations and self-forgiveness in treating complex trauma and moral injury in present and former soldiers

EL Worthington Jr, D Langberg - Journal of Psychology and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Being in the military, especially if deployed in combat or combat potential settings, can
create opportunities for self-condemnation—occurring through moral injury or apart from and …

The RSS-14: Development and preliminary validation of a 14-item form of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale.

JJ Exline, KI Pargament, JA Wilt… - Psychology of Religion …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Religious and Spiritual Struggles (RSS) Scale (Exline, Pargament, Grubbs, &
Yali, 2014) is a 26-item measure assessing six types of religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles …

Measurement tools and issues in the psychology of religion and spirituality

PC Hill, KI Pargament - Faithful measures: New methods in the …, 2017 - degruyter.com
In the name of gaining scientific legitimacy, psychologists of religion have long been
intentional in developing sound scientific measures of religiousness and spirituality, to the …