In recent years there has been a steadily growing interest of religious/spiritual issues in several areas of psychology; a variety of reliable and valid means of assessing the different facets of religiosity/spirituality have been developed. However, there is still some need for multidimensional approaches. With respect to the positive experience with the German version of the Multidimensional ...

praying is a socio-religious action, either from “religious sociology” (religious looking on society) or” sociology of religion” (sociological looking on religion).this social and spiritual action has few features: it is an effective action, for its positive implication on prayer’s everyday life; it is a continued action, for it is current in all dimensions of prayer’s activities; and finally, ...

Suicidal ideation in elderly is rarely a society’s concern even though the age group most vulnerable to suicide. This study was conducted prove effect of perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, religiosity, and demographic factors (gender education level) on suicidal elderly. The subjects this were 230 respondents aged 60 years over who obtained using accidental non-probability sampli...

is religious commitment declining? is the form of religiosity changing in the society of mashhad? to find answers to these questions, we studied the various theories of secularization and determined its three levels. we defined individual secularization and its product; the secular attitude, and determined its dimensions and its indexes. next we measured the secular attitude. we then studied th...

Dimensions of religious/spiritual well being (RSWB; such as hope, forgiveness, or general religiosity) have been examined comprehensively, and its positive relation to subjective well-being has been confirmed. However, there also might be facets of RSWB linked to mental illness (e.g. delusional ideas). The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between different dimensions ...

We investigate the relationship between religion and trust. Using a questionnaire, we measure: i) general religiosity, and; ii) the extent of religious beliefs, experience, and ritual. These are then analyzed with behavior in a trust game (Berg et al., Games and Economic Behavior, 1995), which we also extend by providing information of a potential trustee’s religiosity in certain tasks. We find...

Portugal has been a good example of sociocultural changes during the last decades which have influenced levels religiosity, namely among young people. In this context, article studies Portuguese youth religiosity in comparative perspective. First, it compares with other age groups’ religiosity. Second, over time. A supplementary analysis Catholic Europe both aspects. are less religious than gro...

Death is beyond one's personal control, generates great concern and anxiety, among human beings. Studies exploring the association between religious attitudes and death attitudes in adolescents and young adults in postmodern society are scarce. This study examines the relationship between five dimensions of attitude toward death (fear of death, death avoidance, neutral acceptance, approach acce...

Objective: Although there are several reports which support a (negative) association between depression and spirituality/religiosity, the specific nature of the relationships remains unclear. To address whether patients with depressive and/or addictive disorders use this resource at all, we focused on a circumscribed variable of intrinsic religiosity, and analyzed putative associations between ...