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Constructing Spiritual Attachment: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Overeaters’ Use of Spiritual Beliefs for Recovery
Constructing Spiritual Attachment: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Overeaters’ Use of Spiritual Beliefs for Recovery
This qualitative study aims to investigate the research question: How do a person's spiritual beliefs influence their ...
Development and Validation of the Place Spirituality Experience Scale Among Pakistani Muslims
Development and Validation of the Place Spirituality Experience Scale Among Pakistani Muslims
Based on Counted’s Model of Circle of Place Spirituality, this study developed a psychometrically sound measure of p...
The God of Trauma Healing in Job 38–41 Viewed Through Traditional Korean Paintings
The God of Trauma Healing in Job 38–41 Viewed Through Traditional Korean Paintings
This article provides an interpretation of the divine speeches in the Book of Job from the perspective of a Korean feminis...
Christians Have More Self-Compassion Than Atheists—But Also More Grandiose (Not Fragile) Narcissism
Christians Have More Self-Compassion Than Atheists—But Also More Grandiose (Not Fragile) Narcissism
This exploratory study investigates how self-compassion, grandiose narcissism, fragile narcissism, and shame differ among ...
Patterns of Christian Nationalist Engagement and Connections to Spirituality
Patterns of Christian Nationalist Engagement and Connections to Spirituality
Despite the increasing prominence of Christian nationalism within the United States and its associations with anti-democra...
Offence-Related Guilt in Islam Moderates  and Divine Forgiveness
Offence-Related Guilt in Islam Moderates and Divine Forgiveness
The present study investigated the moderating role of offence-related guilt on taqwa (تقوی, Allah-...
Revisiting Emotions in Pastoral Care and Counseling: A Scoping Review
Revisiting Emotions in Pastoral Care and Counseling: A Scoping Review
The aims of this scoping review were to generate an overview of the existing literature on the role emotions play in pasto...
Gustav Vigeland’s The Angry Boy: Winnicottian Reflections on the Subjectivity of Boys and Men
Gustav Vigeland’s The Angry Boy: Winnicottian Reflections on the Subjectivity of Boys and Men
This essay explores possible meanings hidden in the 1928 bronze statue Sinnataggen—The Angry Boy—by the Norweg...
Religious Fundamentalism, but Not Centrality of Religiosity, is Related to Online Conformity: A Study Based on Asch’s Paradigm
Religious Fundamentalism, but Not Centrality of Religiosity, is Related to Online Conformity: A Study Based on Asch’s Paradigm
Humans are inherently social beings and are often subject to social influence, a phenomenon known as conformity. But what ...
Decalcomania and Anticipatory Aesthetics: Envisioning Days of Future Past
Decalcomania and Anticipatory Aesthetics: Envisioning Days of Future Past
Physicians and healthcare professionals are tasked with prioritizing their own self-care while also caring for patients an...
The Devil Is in the Details: How Clergy Tasks Became Stressors During COVID-19
The Devil Is in the Details: How Clergy Tasks Became Stressors During COVID-19
COVID-19 presented a difficult environment for care workers, including clergy, as they sought to address human needs withi...
The Role of Religious Belief in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
The Role of Religious Belief in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
With the global outbreak of COVID-19, it is important that vaccination be emphasized to build herd immunity. However,&...
Betwixt and Between: Playing with Liminality and the Liminoid in Before Your Eyes, a Transformative Video Game on the Transience of Life
Betwixt and Between: Playing with Liminality and the Liminoid in Before Your Eyes, a Transformative Video Game on the Transience of Life
Aesthetic experiences can serve as powerful catalysts for emotional, psychological, and spiritual transformation. More rec...
Burnout, Trauma Impacts, and Well-Being Among Clergy and Chaplains: A Systematic Review and Recommendations to Guide Best Practice
Burnout, Trauma Impacts, and Well-Being Among Clergy and Chaplains: A Systematic Review and Recommendations to Guide Best Practice
Religious leaders (i.e., clergy and chaplains) face unique, ongoing stressors that can increase risks for psychosocial and...
Personality Traits as Moderating Variables for Cross-Cultural Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being
Personality Traits as Moderating Variables for Cross-Cultural Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being
Personality traits are a significant predictor of cross-cultural adjustment. However, researchers have yet to establish th...
Spiritual/Religious Readjustments Among Iranian War Veterans
Spiritual/Religious Readjustments Among Iranian War Veterans
There is growing evidence that the spiritual/religious (S/R) beliefs of war veterans change, even years after the war. Res...
Bereavement and Critical Incidents Involving Healthcare Professionals in Italy During COVID-19: The Importance of the Spiritual Dimension
Bereavement and Critical Incidents Involving Healthcare Professionals in Italy During COVID-19: The Importance of the Spiritual Dimension
This exploratory research investigated the work of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the...
Overcoming Spiritual Dryness: Transformative Processes Among Religious Brothers and Sisters in Germany
Overcoming Spiritual Dryness: Transformative Processes Among Religious Brothers and Sisters in Germany
One should not regard the experience of spiritual dryness as an insurmountable obstacle in one’s spiritual journey; ...
Returning to Faith: A Q Methodology Analysis of Messages that Resonated with Individuals Who Had Experienced and Resolved a Faith Crisis
Returning to Faith: A Q Methodology Analysis of Messages that Resonated with Individuals Who Had Experienced and Resolved a Faith Crisis
Research grounded in religious studies and attachment theory demonstrates links between experiencing and resolving faith c...
Use of the MMPI-3 with Catholic and Episcopal Seminary and Religious Life Applicants
Use of the MMPI-3 with Catholic and Episcopal Seminary and Religious Life Applicants
Psychological evaluations and testing using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) among other instruments...
Assessing Religious Leadership: A Scoping Review of Leadership Effectiveness Criteria and Current Trends in the Academic Literature
Assessing Religious Leadership: A Scoping Review of Leadership Effectiveness Criteria and Current Trends in the Academic Literature
A clear understanding of what constitutes effective religious leadership in the context of faith communities is essential ...
Identity Crisis and the Formation of Homo Religiosus: A Decolonial Reflection on Erik H. Erikson’s Young Man Luther
Identity Crisis and the Formation of Homo Religiosus: A Decolonial Reflection on Erik H. Erikson’s Young Man Luther
This paper delves into Erik H. Erikson’s psychohistorical analysis of Martin Luther, thereby highlighting the existe...
Affect in Narrative Spiritual Care
Affect in Narrative Spiritual Care
This article examines the adaptation of theory and practices from narrative therapy for pastoral and spiritual care, here ...
Potential Benefits of the Jesuit Examen for Psychological Health and Well Being: A Pilot Study
Potential Benefits of the Jesuit Examen for Psychological Health and Well Being: A Pilot Study
The Jesuit Examen is a form of prayerful reflection on daily experiences that was introduced five centuries ago by St. Ign...
Survival Migrancy and the Political Self: A Nascent Construct from Pastoral Care With Venezuelan Men in Ecuador
Survival Migrancy and the Political Self: A Nascent Construct from Pastoral Care With Venezuelan Men in Ecuador
When men migrate from Venezuela for survival, they bring with them a forming political self related to local daily encount...
Developing Women in Senior Leadership: A Case Study of the Australian Christian Churches in South Australia
Developing Women in Senior Leadership: A Case Study of the Australian Christian Churches in South Australia
The research is a case study of the Australian Christian Churches in South Australia concerning the development of women i...
The Mechanism Underlying the Relationship Between Positive References to God and Sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous in Poland
The Mechanism Underlying the Relationship Between Positive References to God and Sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous in Poland
Spiritual struggles are common for religion-affiliated and non-affiliated individuals, religious skeptics, agnostics, and ...