Attachment theory emphasizes both the importance of the availability of caring, supportive
relationship partners, beginning in infancy, for developing a sense of safety and security …

Over the past several decades, scholarly interest in God representations has grown steadily,
but conceptual and measurement challenges have persisted. Consequently, in this article …

Within the god-image literature, there is semantic ambiguity surrounding god-image-related
terms. For example, some authors have written of the God image and the God concept …

Many people experience what psychologists refer to as divine struggle: struggle focused on
ideas about God or a perceived relationship with God. When trying to predict this type of …

Most of the world's population identify as religious or spiritual, and most religiously affiliated
believers identify with one of the world's major monotheistic traditions: Christianity, Islam, or …

Many religious individuals use ordinary social cognitions when thinking about God's
characteristics. In the absence of a generally accepted measure, we developed a measure …

Intimacy is an essential part of marital relationships, spiritual relationships, and is also a
factor in well-being, but there is little research simultaneously examining the links among …

Most research in the field of psychology and religion/spirituality (R/S) has used quantitative
methods. In this paper, we call for increased qualitative and mixed-methods research to …

Religious/spiritual (RS) struggles are a common feature of life. However, their link to
subsequent changes in God representations—the mental representations underlying how …

Research exploring God representations has tended to assume that these constructs are
unitary in nature. However, a considerable research literature has illustrated ways in which …