The most thorough review of the empirical evidence is that of Powell et al. in 2003 . This review is vastly superior to the voluminous but highly questionnable Handbook of Religion and Health by Koenig et al. (2). We have shown, for example, that the Handbook overestimates by a considerable margin the number of studies that support the proposition that religious involvement is associated with b...

Terrence D. Hill, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Miami. His research focuses on the social distribution of health and health-relevant behaviors. Michael E. McCullough, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. His research is currently concentrated in three areas: forgiveness and revenge, gratitude, and religion and spirituality. Religio...

The paper traces the role of religion in contemporary criminology as well as reviewing the development of scholarly interest in religion within the field ofcriminology. We begin with a sys,tematic review of270 published studies to better understand the state of the literature examining the relationship between religion and crime. Our systematic review provides support for the notion that religi...

Background: Religion is often included in the beliefs and experiences of psychotic patients, and therefore becomes the target of psychiatric interventions. Objectives: This article examines religious beliefs and activities among nonpsychotic persons in the United States, Brazil and other areas of the world; discusses historical factors contributing to the wall of separation between religion and...

conclusions religiosity has been used as a coping mechanism among blacks. religiosity may also be related to stress regulation among black youth. future studies need to test complex associations between race, sex, religiosity, chronic stress, coping, and function of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (hpa). it is not known whether male black youth who are and those who are not religious differently ...

The most complete knowledge of the situation Christian family today and deeper understanding its spiritual vocation in Church society are imposed as two fundamental coordinates teacher religion. This fact evokes need for faithfulness discernment faith every Christian, well his to face complex reality today's society. Respecting missionary principles those general pedagogy, religion has several ...

While some research projects have been done into the guidelines for and inefficacy of religious involvement in subjective well-being (SWB), it has been well-argued that religious involvement should be more considered as one of the key elements triggering off SWB. The current study examines the possible relationship between religious involvement, religious attendance, religious beliefs, and SWB ...

Religious and spiritual (R/S) dimensions of mental health have been poorly studied in psychiatry in the last 150 years. In the late 19th century, Jean Charcot and Sigmund Freud began to associate religion with hysteria and neurosis, and therby interpreting this social phenomenon als psychopathology. This began a deep divide that would separate religion from mental health care for the next centu...

The influence on item judgments of context and own-attitude anchors was studied in relation to involvement. For i of the 80 Ss, all extreme in attitude towards organized religion, involvement was heightened by means of an interpersonal discussion where Ss defended their positions against a confederate assuming a contrary position. Judgments of moderate statements presented sequentially in the c...

Abstract Balinese society is a unique combination of traditions, culture, religion, values and moral with background beautiful nature. As the centre this Hindu Religion, which faith majority thus it taught to students from elemntary school high school. However, Covid-19 pandemic, teaching religion has been switched online leanring, at poses challenges, such as lack technological skill on part t...