Traditionally, mainstream psychology mostly presented religion in a negative light. However, recent years have witnessed growing realization that has substantial role to play improving physical and mental health. Given the importance of religion, American Psychological Association (APA) division 36 “Psychology religion.” But perspective does not acknowledge spiritual nature human beings their c...

1Area of Psychology of Religion, Public Mental Health Promotion Research Area, Impact Research Programme, Uppsala University, Sweden 2Public Mental Health Promotion Clinical Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway 3Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 4Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 5Department of Psy...

This article examines the notions of “intuitive” and “counterintuitive” beliefs and concepts in cognitive science of religion. “Intuitive” states are contrasted with those that are products of explicit, conscious reasoning. In many cases the intuitions are grounded in the implicit rules of mental models, frames, or schemas. I argue that the pathway from intuitive to high theological concepts an...

objective: this study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (ptg). this study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth . method: participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the university of shiraz. participants were recruited in two stage...

Building on gene-environment interaction (G × E) research, this study examines how the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene interacts with a situational prime of religion to influence prosocial behavior. Some DRD4 variants tend to be more susceptible to environmental influences, whereas other variants are less susceptible. Thus, certain life environments may be associated with acts of prosociality ...