Objective: To investigate the definitions of spirituality in the healthcare field, identifying its
main dimensions and proposing a framework that operationalizes the understanding of this …

Persistent population aging worldwide is focusing attention on modifiable factors that can
improve later life health. There is evidence that religiosity and spirituality are among such …

How do experiences in nature or in spiritual contemplation or in being moved by music or
with psychedelics promote mental and physical health? Our proposal in this article is awe …

Abstract The State of the Science in Spirituality and Palliative Care was convened to
address the current landscape of research at the intersection of spirituality and palliative …

" Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term
does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does …

Many of the links of religiousness with health, well-being, and social behavior may be due to
religion's influences on self-control or self-regulation. Using Carver and Scheier's (1998) …

The authors report the development of the Religious Commitment Inventory--10 (RCI-10),
used in 6 studies. Sample sizes were 155, 132, and 150 college students; 240 Christian …

The investigation of spiritual/religious factors in health is clearly warranted and clinically
relevant. This special section explores the persistent predictive relationship between …

The association between religiousness and depressive symptoms was examined with meta-
analytic methods across 147 independent investigations (N= 98,975). Across all studies, the …

There is increasing research evidence that religious involvement is associated both cross-
sectionally and prospectively with better physical health, better mental health, and longer …