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    The Association Between Church Attendance and Psychological Health in Northern Ireland: A National Representative Survey Among Adults Allowing for Sex Differences and Denominational Difference

    This study extends previous research concerning the association between religion and psychological health in six ways: (1) by focusing clearly on religious attendance (church attendance); (2) by employing a ro...

    Christopher Alan Lewis, Mark Shevlin, Leslie J. Francis in Journal of Religion and Health (2011)

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    A Psychometric Evaluation of the Measure of Prayer Experience (Richards, 1991)

    Recently there has been an increased interest in the use of prayer as a measure of religiosity within empirical research. Additionally, there has been a departure from the use of single-item measures of prayer...

    Michael J. Breslin, Christopher Alan Lewis in Pastoral Psychology (2011)

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    Leslie J. Francis and Jeff Astley, Psychological Perspectives on Prayer Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2001, 392 Pages, 0 85244 518 0

    Michael J. Breslin, Christopher Alan Lewis in Pastoral Psychology (2007)

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    Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: Test-retest data over five weeks

    Recently Lewis, Cruise, and Mc Guckin (2005) have reported on the test-retest reliability of the 7-item version of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity; however, their study was limited. The prese...

    Conor Mc Guckin, Sharon Mary Cruise, Christopher Alan Lewis in Pastoral Psychology (2006)

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    The Impact of Personality and Religion on Attitudes toward Alcohol among 16–18 Year Olds in Northern Ireland

    Background: Previous research demonstrates a negative relationship between attitude toward alcohol and religiosity. However, what is less apparent is if this relationship may, at least in part, be a function of i...

    Leslie J. Francis, Michael Fearn, Christopher Alan Lewis in Journal of Religion and Health (2005)

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    Reliability and Validity of a French Translation of a Short Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity

    The reliability and validity of a French translation of the 7-item short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity was examined among a sample of 462 female French university students. Analysis...

    Christopher Alan Lewis, Leslie J. Francis in Pastoral Psychology (2004)

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    Predictors of Nonpathological Dissociation in Northern Ireland: The Affects of Trauma and Exposure to Political Violence

    Recent work has identified an empirical distinction between pathological and nonpathological dissociation. This study examined the correlates of nonpathological dissociation in a Northern Irish sample. The Dis...

    Martin J. Dorahy, Christopher Alan Lewis, Robert G. Millar in Journal of Traumatic Stress (2003)

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    The Relationship Between Religion and Happiness Among German Students

    A sample of 331 students completed German editions of the Oxford Happiness Inventory and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity, together with the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnair...

    Leslie J. Francis, Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Christopher Alan Lewis in Pastoral Psychology (2003)

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    Church Attendance and Happiness Among Northern Irish Undergraduate Students: No Association

    Robbins and Francis (1996) note that the relationship between religiosity and happiness varies according to the precise measures used and the samples studied. To further explore the association between religio...

    Christopher Alan Lewis in Pastoral Psychology (2002)

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    The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    Within contemporary psychology there is increasing interest in the role of religion on behaviour and psychological functioning. Such interest can be attested to by the growth in the number of pertinent books a...

    Christopher Alan Lewis, Mark Shevlin, Conor McGuckin, Marek Navrátil in Pastoral Psychology (2001)

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    Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness: Religiosity and Obsessiveness

    Within the field of psychology of religion there has been increasing interest to test established theoretical perspectives with empirical data. One such initiative is concerned with examining theories derived ...

    Christopher Alan Lewis in Journal of Religion and Health (1998)