Unhealthy forms of religiosity can negatively impact individuals' mental health. Unhealthy religiosity, such as extrinsic ...

The core of Christian spirituality seems to converge with many of the principles of social psychology, pointing to ways to find greater wholeness.

Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 60, No. 1 (February 2021), pp. 500-516 (17 pages) For years, spirituality and finding the meaning of life have been considered essential phenomena in the context ...

Having taken Psyc 114 (Ethics in Psychology), Psyc 115 (Health Psychology), or especially Psyc 193 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) would be helpful but not necessary. Most recent lab student ...

On average, people attending church in person had a higher heart rate during the service and experienced more transcendence, ...

Barbara Simonič, The Power of Women’s Faith in Coping with Intimate Partner Violence, Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 60, No. 6 (December 2021), pp. 4278-4295 ...

Religion/spirituality was associated with greater happiness and lower mental disorder outcomes, potentially acting as a protective factor.

Greater Good magazine has named the book “Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion” by Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren of the Hope College psychology faculty one of its Favorite Books of 2024.

U.S. adults who are LGBT say they identify with a religion, describing themselves as Christian, Jewish, Muslim or an adherent ...

Researchers asked more than 2,000 people from various religious and nonreligious backgrounds to write about their experiences with karma — the belief that good deeds are rewarded, and bad ...