The psychological study of religion and spirituality in a disaster context: A systematic review.

JD Aten, WR Smith, EB Davis… - … , Practice, and Policy, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize the existing empirical
psychology of religion/spirituality (R/S) and disaster research and offer a prospectus for …

Relational spirituality and quality of life 2007 to 2017: An integrative research review

V Counted, A Possamai, T Meade - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite the increasing number of evidence-based research on relational
spirituality (RS) and quality of life (QoL) in medical-health research, little is known about the …

[PDF][PDF] Religious and spiritual development

PE King, CJ Boyatzis - Handbook of child psychology and …, 2015 - academia.edu
Religion and spirituality have long been integral in the human experience. Fittingly, some of
psychology's early giants wrestled with the religious and spiritual impulse, such as …

God representations and aspects of psychological functioning: A meta-analysis

HP Stulp, J Koelen, A Schep-Akkerman… - Cogent …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Results of meta-analyses show weak associations between religiosity and well-
being, but are based on divergent definitions of religiosity. Objective: The aim of this meta …

Seeing God as cruel or distant: Links with divine struggles involving anger, doubt, and fear of God's disapproval

JJ Exline, JB Grubbs, SJ Homolka - The International Journal for …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Belief in karma: How cultural evolution, cognition, and motivations shape belief in supernatural justice

CJM White, A Norenzayan - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Karma is believed to be a source of supernatural justice through which actions lead to
morally congruent outcomes, within and across lifetimes. It is a central tenet of many world …

Theistic relational spirituality: Development, dynamics, health, and transformation.

EB Davis, P Granqvist, C Sharp - Psychology of Religion and …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

The mind of the Lord: Measuring authoritarian and benevolent God representations.

KA Johnson, MA Okun, AB Cohen - Psychology of Religion and …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …

Place spirituality: An attachment perspective

V Counted, H Zock - Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The expression of attachment to the divine in certain places among different groups has
been documented by anthropologists and sociologists for decades. However, the …

Spiritual intimacy, marital intimacy, and physical/psychological well-being: Spiritual meaning as a mediator.

KJ Holland, JW Lee, HH Marshak… - Psychology of religion …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
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 …