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Prayer as a Religious Narrative: The Spiritual Self and the Image of God
This article examines William James’s study on prayer in The Varieties of Religious Experience by framing prayer as a form of religious narrative...
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How Do Managers Make Sense of Their Crisis? Disrupted Relationships and Rediscovering Co-existence
Managerial work is associated with the experience of critical situations that affect not only the work performance of managers, but also their daily...
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Adult Perceptions of Child Adjustment in Institutional versus Family Care in Ghana
Research on institutional child care consistently has documented detrimental developmental outcomes. However, recent work in Ghana revealed a range...
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ACEs and Mental and Behavioral Health: Examining Maltreatment vs. Household Dysfunction and the Moderating Role of Spirituality
PurposeDifferent types of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be differentially linked to mental and behavioral health. Additionally,...
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Mental Health Service Users and Their Caregivers Perspectives on Personal Recovery from Severe Mental Health Conditions in Cape Town, South Africa: A Qualitative Study
Severe mental health conditions (SMHCs) significantly contribute to the global disease burden. In low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) like South...
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Believing in the Powers of Mindfulness: A Thematic Narrative Approach and the Development of a New Scale
ObjectivesThe beliefs and expectations people bring into mindfulness practice can affect the measurement outcomes of interventions. The aim of this...
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Mindfulness, Compassion and Skillful Means in Engaged Buddhism
Engaged Buddhism, also known as Socially Engaged Buddhism, is a form of socially and politically activist Buddhism that arose throughout the Buddhist...
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When suffering contradicts belief: measuring theodical struggling
Global meaning systems help people make sense of their experiences, but suffering can violate global meaning and create distress. One type of...
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Unequally Yoked? Religion and Spirituality in Couples in Which One Believes in God and the Other Does Not
This qualitative study examined religion and spirituality among couples in which one person (a Catholic) believed in God and the other (e.g., an...
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Exploring Factors Influencing South Asian Immigrant Family Dynamics in the USA
The South Asian immigrant population is one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in the USA, indicating a significant increase in individuals and...
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The HEXACO Model of Personality, Religiosity, and Trait Forgiveness
Dispositional forgiveness and its various forms have been related to personality and religiosity. However, previous studies rarely focused on the...
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How do we Sign a Contract if Everything is Predetermined: Does Compatibilism Help Preserve Agency?
In recent years, neurophysiological research has pushed the concept of free will towards a reductionist interpretation, largely avoiding the concept...
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Positive Facets of Suffering, Meaningful Moments, and Meaning Fulfilment: A Qualitative Approach to Positive Existential Issues in Trauma-Exposed University Students
The possible positive consequences of trauma and its relationship to existential aspects are receiving increasing attention. However, little is known...
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The Scientific Study of Religion/Spirituality, Forgiveness, and Hope
Within both positive psychology and the psychology of religion and spirituality (R/S), forgiveness and hope are considered key virtues or character...
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Habit and Mental Illness from an Hegelian Perspective
Hegel proposes cultivation of habit as one of the major cures for mental illness. According to him, habit not only involves embodiment and dexterity...
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Step** Onto an Egg: Former Child Soldiers’ Posttraumatic Resilience and Spirit Possession in Uganda
Using a biographical-reconstructive approach, we examine the interplay between the symbolic representation of spirit possession and healing forms of...
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Measuring Risk and Protective Factors for Eating and Body Image Concerns in LGBTGEQIAP+ Communities: An Instrument Development and Validation Study
Eating disorders (EDs) are multicultural concerns that impact people with diverse cultural and social identities. However, scholars highlight...
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Matrices of Goals and Penalties: Revisiting the Need for Pastoral Care with Boys and Men
This article revisits the need for pastoral care with boys and men in contemporary societies. The author gives special attention to Rubem Alves’s (
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Peasants’ Fatalistic Thinking in Chinese Communism: an Analysis of a Rural Family’s Oral History
In this paper, I examine a Chinese family’s oral history, which revolves around their tumultuous life transformations under the impact of China’s...
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A “Viral Epistolary” and Psychosocial Spirituality: Restoring Transcendental Meaning During COVID-19 Through a Digital Community Letter-Writing Project
This article outlines the results of a three-month-long community letter-writing and letter-sharing project called “Viral Epistolary” (VE), which we...
