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 …

Spirituality is increasingly being examined as a construct related to mental and physical
health. The definition of spirituality, however, has been changing. Traditionally, spirituality …

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that
affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of …

Look around you as you walk down the street; somewhere, usually hidden in plain sight,
there will be traces of religion. Perhaps it is the person who walks past with a Christian tattoo …

Nancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from
dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to …

“Spirituality” often has been framed in social science research as an alternative to organized
“religion,” implicitly or explicitly extending theoretical arguments about the privatization of …

Importance Studies on the association between attendance at religious services and
mortality often have been limited by inadequate methods for reverse causation, inability to …

From a leading researcher and practitioner, this volume provides an innovative framework
for understanding the role of spirituality in people's lives and its relevance to the work done …

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

Our aim for this APA Handbook of Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality is to capture the
current state of the field, what we know (and do not know) about religion and spirituality in …