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Gilbey, Wayne. "Effects of Religious Motivation on the Relationship between Religion and Well-Being." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3623162.

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The purpose of this study was to examine whether intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations mediate the relationship between the religious philosophy and perceived well-being of believers. The intrinsic-extrinsic-quest paradigm has been the dominant measure of religious motivation for more than 3 decades. However, the different effects of intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest motivation on the well-being of believers has not been tested on a stratified, purposeful sample of the major world religions. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research design was used with an online, self-report questionnaire and mediation analysis to examine the effects of religious motivation on the relationship between religious philosophy and well-being. A stratified, purposeful sample of 763 members of the major world religions completed assessments of religion and well-being. Linear regressions revealed that intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations were three distinct constructs, that they do exist across the world religions, and that they mediated the relationship between different religions and well-being, depending on which predictor and outcome variables were being examined in the mediation triangle. Positive social change is possible for counselors, therapists, psychologists of religion, religious leaders, and laypersons at the individual and societal level through knowing which religious beliefs, motivations, and practices are associated with positive affect, satisfaction with life, the fulfilment of basic human needs, eudaimonic well-being, and better physical health. Individuals come to religion mainly during times of personal crises as a way of coping, expecting urgent results, and these findings illuminate the effectiveness of their chosen coping strategy.

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Aziz, Robert E. "C.G. Jung's psychology of religion and synchronicity." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253498.

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Lockhart, Alastair Stephen. "Religion, psychology and metaphysics in interwar Britain." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609200.

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Martin, Amy. "Does religion buffer cheating?" Thesis, Northern Illinois University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3611371.

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Given the current amount of cheating in our society and more specifically in our schools, the focus of this dissertation was to examine the impact of religiosity on cheating behavior in an academic arena. Additionally social norms and the individual difference variable of self-monitoring were also investigated to determine their impact on cheating behavior. Furthermore, self-regulation was examined to determine if non-cheating high self-monitors deplete more self-regulatory resources than those non-cheating low self-monitors in a cheating situation.

Participants completed a religiosity and self-monitoring measure prior to coming into the laboratory. At a date of their choosing, participants completed the laboratory portion of the study. In the laboratory, participants were given a job-competency measure to complete, at which time they were given an opportunity to cheat. The participants completed the job-competency measure alone or in the presence of a confederate. Four different conditions were formed: a control condition, a cheating condition, a passive condition, and an active noncheating condition. It was also in the laboratory that their grip strength was measured.

Contrary to expectations, religiosity was not a significant predictor of cheating behavior. However, norms did impact cheating behavior; there was more cheating when the confederate cheated and less cheating when the confederate discouraged cheating behavior. Additionally, there was an impact of self-monitoring in response to the created norms, such that high self-monitors tended to follow the behaviors of the confederates more so than low self-monitors. Contrary to expectations, self-regulatory resources were not significantly impacted for noncheating high self-monitors in a confederate-induced cheating condition.

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Peters, Frederic H. "Neurophenomenology and religion /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17241.pdf.

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Rainwater, Elizabeth Ann. "Millennials Leaving Religion: A Transcendental Phenomenological Research Study on Religious Disaffiliation." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7720.

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Religious disaffiliation among Millennials has increased significantly in the past decade alongside rapidly changing social relationships amplified by social media applications. In the United States, many Millennials claim no religious identity with many leaving their religion for a variety of reasons. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of religiously disaffiliated Millennials regarding their psychological health and well-being. Self-determination theory fulfilled the theoretical framework for examining the lived experiences of young adults regarding their well-being after religious disaffiliation. A purposive sample of 12 male and female religiously disaffiliated Millennials was recruited for semistructured interviews. Content analysis was used to code interviews, identify themes, and explore the lived experiences of disaffiliated young adults. Six themes emerged from the data analysis that included religious disaffiliates inherited their childhood religion; contradictory experiences highlighted a need to disaffiliate; after disaffiliation, individuals stopped attending the church with no other actions; after disaffiliation, participants appeared to be able to connect with their authentic self; participants had negative connotations of religion after disaffiliating; and families accepted disaffiliation after it occurred. The implications for social change include providing better understanding of the psychological health and well-being of Millennials who have disaffiliated, as well as demonstrating a need for future research that focuses on future generational cohorts and how religious organizations and churches are accounting for disaffiliation within their congregations.
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Shaw, Annick. "Posttraumatic growth and religion." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2359/.

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Chapter one reviews the published literature and studies that reported a link between religion, spirituality, and posttraumatic growth (PTG). A review of eleven key studies, in context, produced three main findings. First that religion and spirituality are usually beneficial to people dealing with the aftermath of trauma. Second, that traumatic experiences often lead to a deepening of religion and spirituality. Third, that positive religious coping, religious openness, readiness to face existential questions, religious participation, and intrinsic religousness are typically associated with posttraumatic growth. Important directions for future research are suggested that centre on the need for more fine-grained analysis of religion and spirituality variables, together with longitudinal designs,t hat allow more detailed exploration of the links between religion, spirituality, and posttraurnaticg rowth. Chapter two explored the component structure of the Maltby & Day (1998) amended version of the quest orientation scale. The scale was administered to 286 Christians and churchgoers in the UK. It was then subjected to a principal components analysis followed by oblimin rotation, Analysis revealed a three factor model consistent with that proposed by Maltby& Day (1998 )of complexity, doubt and tentativeness. Chapter three examines relationships between three religious orientations and two posttraumatic growth variables: positive changes in outlook and posttraumatic growth. Other psychosocial variables were included in the analyses. Two hundred and ninety one UK adults returned a questionnaire battery of standardised self-report measures. Firstly, correlational statistics identified all significant relationships between variables. Secondly, multiple regression analyses of just the highly significant correlated variables found that two aspects of religious orientation were important in achieving PTG. Firstly, Intrinsic religion (having a personal faith) was highly associated with the ability to create positive changes in outlook following trauma and to enjoy new possibilitiesin life. Secondly, the 'extrinsic personal' religion (using religion as a source of comfort) was highly associated with the overall capacity to develop PTG to two of the PTG subscales: personal strength and spiritual change. Extrinsic personal religion is a variable that has not received any attention in the PTG literature to date. A number of methodological weaknesses are discussed. Results are discussed within the context of the current climate of religious coping research and recommendations for future research are made. Finally, chapter four provides a review of the research process including insights into my own personal faith along with methodological considerations for similar future research
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Clements, Andrea D., and Natalie Cyphers. ""Identifying as Religious" and "Strength of Religious Commitment" Predict Substance Use Rates, but "Type of Religion" Does Not." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7248.

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Runehov, Anne L. C. "Sacred or neural? : neuroscientific explanations of religious experience : a philosophical evaluation /." Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4718.

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Kirsch, Hiltz White Colleen M. "Reaction Time: Sports and Religion." TopSCHOLAR®, 2015. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1542.

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Individuals attend to a variety of various stimuli on a daily basis and their brains decide what to attend to and what to tune out. How the brain chooses what is most important to pay attention to is decided with threat level, novelty, emotion, and other criteria. The current study looked at responses from 41 participants who identified high or low with University of Kentucky, Western Kentucky University, and/or Christianity. The participants where shown two images, the UK logo and either the WKU logo, an out-ofstate team logo, or a Christian symbol. Directly after the two images were presented, a dot appeared on the screen and the participants tapped a key on the keyboard to indicate on which side of the screen the dot was placed. The hypothesis stated that participants’ mean reaction time for identifying the side of the screen the dot was on when under a logo or a symbol with which the participants highly identify would be faster than the mean reaction time to a dot under logos or symbols with which the participant had low identification. However, results of this study did not show statistically significant differences in the mean reaction times of the participants.
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Shaw, Noskin Moira Pacifica Parvanih. "Religion, morality, mandates, and conflict exploring the moral mandate effect as a predictor of religious conflict /." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2007. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Rubio, Ramón Beaune Jean-Claude. "William James : philosophie, psychologie, religion /." Paris : l'Harmattan, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41227978g.

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Azevedo, Maria Piedade Coutinho Marcal. "A construção psicossocial do sagrado e mídia televisiva." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2010. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=514.

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A atual pesquisa revela a importância de estudar as relações entre a mídia televisiva e a construção de sentidos de jovens universitários e urbanos acerca do fenômeno religioso, apresentando a televisão como um instrumento que possibilita a experiência do sagrado no contexto da vida cotidiana. A investigação parte do pressuposto teórico da secularização, estrutura de plausibilidade e racionalização de Peter Berger para compreender os mecanismos tecnológicos da transmissão eletrônica do sagrado e os efeitos psicossociais, da narrativa audiovisual, sobre a concepção de Deus, Igreja, homem e experiência religiosa dos jovens da região metropolitana do Recife. Concomitantemente, o estudo analisa o impacto da mídia religiosa na construção de novas identidades e práticas sócio-religiosas e discursivas; procura identificar as estratégias adotadas pela mídia religiosa na conquista do público jovem no ambiente competitivo da pluralidade religiosa e busca compreender os processos de elaboração, distribuição e recepção de bens simbólicos de natureza religiosa veiculados pela televisão. Neste sentido, a investigação caracteriza-se por um estudo exploratório na intenção de aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre a percepção, motivação e atitudes dos jovens acerca do fenômeno religioso em meio eletrônico. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de entrevistas, questionários e grupo focal com a apresentação do vídeo de um episódio do programa PHN, veiculado pela rede Canção Nova de Televisão, como estímulo enunciador do conteúdo a ser aprofundado pelo grupo. A leitura dos dados foi realizada no enquadramento teórico da Análise do Discurso. Buscou-se compreender como a linguagem eletrônica do sagrado pode auxiliar no processo de aquisição ou re-elaboração de uma identidade religiosa dos jovens universitários da região metropolitana do Recife
The actual research essay reveals the importance of studying the relationship between television media and the construction of sense of the university and urban youth about the religious phenomenon. It introduces the television as a tool that turns possible the experience of the sacred in the context of contemporary life. The investigation is based on the secularization and rational choice theory and its structure of plausibility proposed by Peter Berger. This research focus in understanding the technological mechanisms of electronic transmission of the sacred and its psychological and social effects by the audiovisual text in the conception of God, Church, Human and religious identity of the youth from metropolitan region of Recife. Concomitantly, this study analyses the impact of religious media in the construction of new identities and social-religious and discursive practices; it intends to identify the strategies adopted by the religious media in its conquer of the youth as a target in this competitive environment of religious pluralism; it tries to understand the creation, transmission and reception processes of symbolic goods of religious nature transmitted by television and tries to identify what is motivating the production, distribution and consume of religious programs in our days. The research characterizes as an exploratory study that intends to go deeper in knowledge about perception, motivation and attitudes of the youth about the religious phenomenon in electronic media. The data was collected by interviews and focus group with the presentation of video programs transmitted by the net television Canção Nova as the stimulus that enunciates the content to be analyzed by the group. The data collected will be treated by French Analysis of Discursion. This essay tried to understand how the electronic language of sacred can help in the process of acquiring or re-elaborating of a religious identity of the university youth of the metropolitan region of Recife
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Esteves, André Nobre. "A psicologia no divã: contribuições de Oskar Pfister à psicologia da religião." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2013. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2433.

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Contemporary brings demands to the humankind. The religious experience is one among these many existing demands. It is undeniable that Brazil is going through a process of effervescence in this area. And this regards both religious and non-religious people. Due to that scenario, it is necessary to accurately investigate it, expanding and contributing academically with the area of psychology of religion. The Protestant pastor Oskar Pfister is known as an important scholar in the fields of psychology and religion. The aim of this dissertation is the understanding of the relevance and contribution of Oscar Pfister to the field of psychology of religion. In order to achieve that, an intense investigation was taken on the referred author bibliography, as well as on other correlative authors. In the first chapter, it was presented the biography of Oskar Pfister and his main epistemological influences. Its goal is to find out how Pfister builds his thought until his contact with the Freudian psychology. In the second chapter, the contribution of Pfister to the psychology of religion is investigated. Its aim is to suggest some pfisterian approaches to the religious context, as well as his legacy in the field of psychology of religion. In the third chapter, the dialogue between the pfisterian thought and the religious phenomenon is presented. Its purpose is to approximate psychological and religious subjects to each other, and to show how joining them together is crucial to the understanding of the relationship between these two areas. In the final thoughts, the author aims to reclaim the discussion on the so far established relationship, keeping alive the fruitful legacy of Oskar Pfister.
A contemporaneidade traz variadas demandas ao homem. A experiência religiosa figura dentre as demandas existentes. É inegável que o Brasil passa por uma efervescência religiosa. Cresce o número de professos e aqueles que declaram sem religião. Diante deste cenário se tem a necessidade da investigação criteriosa a partir de referenciais que buscam o balizamento equilibrado e assim expandir os estudos no campo da psicologia da religião. O pastor protestante Oskar Pfister foi um árduo pesquisador no campo, tanto da religião como da psicologia. O objetivo do presente trabalho busca compreender a relevância de Oskar Pfister e sua contribuição ao campo da psicologia da religião. Para tanto, se fez uso de uma extensa investigação bibliográfica do autor e obras correspondentes de outros autores, que serviram de base para aproximações do debate psicologia e religião, isto em três capítulos. No primeiro capítulo, se realizou uma biografia de Oskar Pfister e as principais influências epistemológicas. Tem como objetivo investigar como Oskar Pfister constrói seu pensamento até o encontro com a psicologia freudiana. No segundo capítulo, se pesquisa a contribuição de Oskar Pfister a psicologia da religião. Tem como objetivo, levantar e apontar as aproximações pfisterianas ao contexto religioso, bem como, o legado deixado no campo da psicologia da religião. No terceiro capítulo, se pesquisa o diálogo entre o pensamento pfisteriano e o fenômeno religioso. Tem como objetivo aproximar as temáticas da psicologia e religião e como estes saberes se constituem na contemporaneidade como uma fundamental base com vistas a compreensão da relação psicologia e religião. Nas reflexões finais, se objetiva resgatar a discussão da psicologia da religião ao contexto contemporâneo e assim permanecer continuidade ao frutífero legado deixado por Oskar Pfister.
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Walton, Karen Lynn. "The relationship between religion/spirituality and the general psychological well-being of the institutionalized elderly population in the Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5708.

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Psychological well-being has a number of known benefits and is important for the quality of life of the elderly in particular. South Africa can be considered a religious country with the majority of citizens identifying with some religious orientation. The elderly are considered to be a more religious segment of the population, leading to a quantitative exploratory study being undertaken in order to ascertain whether a correlation exists between psychological well-being and religiosity/spirituality in the elderly institutionalised population of South Africa. The General Psychological Well-Being Scale and ASPIRES was administered to a convenience sample of 336 participants in the Eastern Cape Province. A significant but weak positive correlation was found between the variables of psychological well-being and religiosity. A difference was also found between White and African participants’ level of psychological well-being. An ANOVA was performed on the demographic information collected from participants. It was found that higher levels of education and access to private medical care were associated with higher levels of psychological well-being. A regression analysis was also performed on the data. It was found that although religiosity/spirituality does account for some of the variance, there were still a large number of other factors that influence psychological well-being in the elderly that were not captured in this study. Limitations of the study are that the results can’t be generalised to elderly residing at home. All of the participants also lived in urban areas and so differences may be found with rural elderly. Some further directions for research are discussed.
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Zock, Tanja Henriëtte. "A psychology of ultimate concern : Erik H. Erikson's contribution to the psychology of religion /." Amsterdam : Rodopi, 1990. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35486579h.

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Romer, Paula Bianchi. "As influências das crenças protestantes na promoção da saúde: relatos de experiências." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2015. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/2462.

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This thesis aimed to determine the possible significance of the Protestant religious beliefs and the strategies of using these beliefs in solving difficulties, disease coping and health. In addition, sought to understand whether a convergence between Psychology and Religion, as cooperative resources, help in the overall health of the individual. A bibliographic review, with field research, was carried out and attended by 12 adult employees, aged between 34 and 64 years, claiming being Christian Protestants. The research was put through spontaneously and voluntarily after the communication about the purpose of the project to all the subjects, and before a written consent of each, in accordance with the guidelines established by the Ethics Committee. The concept of Religious Spiritual Coping and its techniques were used as reference in the field of clinical and health care practice relating to the validation and respect for religious aspects of patients, and also relating to the spirituality in the healing process or health injury . Later, the relevance of religious beliefs was presented, its use in daily life and influence in promoting or not a comprehensive health of respondents, using for this task personal reports. Based on the research carried out, even considering the differences between the described beliefs, results were significantly positive relating to the promotion of health and coping with stressful situations. Further research is suggested with a view to extending the scope of the Brazilian religious culture.
O presente trabalho objetivou verificar através o possível significado das crenças religiosas protestantes e as estratégias de utilização das mesmas na resolução de dificuldades, enfrentamento de doença e saúde; além de ter buscado perceber se uma convergência entre psicologia e religião, como recursos cooperativos, auxiliam na saúde integral do indivíduo. Procedeu-se uma revisão bibliográfica com pesquisa de campo onde participaram 12 colaboradores adultos, com idade entre 34 e 64 anos de confessionalidade cristã protestante. A pesquisa foi realizada de maneira espontanea e voluntária dos sujeitos após informações sobre a finalidade do projeto e assinatura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido de acordo com as orientações feitas pelo Comitê de Ética. Utilizou-se o conceito referencial do Coping Religioso Espiritual e suas técnicas no campo da prática clínica e na área da saúde como um todo referente à valorização e respeito dos aspectos religiosos dos pacientes, e a associação da espiritualidade nos processos de cura ou agravo da saúde. Posteriormente foi apresentada a relevância das crenças religiosas, o seu uso na vida prática e sua influência na promoção ou não da saúde integral dos pesquisados, utilizando para esse mister relatos de experiências. Com base na pesquisa realizada, mesmo havendo divergências entre as crenças descritas, os resultados foram significativamente positivos quanto à promoção e enfrentamento de situações estressantes. Sugere-se novas investigações tendo em vista a extensão do campo da cultura religiosa brasileira.
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Johnson, Keith E. "Problems of epistemology in the integration of psychology and theology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Jecmen, David Joseph. "Toward an integration of spirituality and psychology : a contribution from metaphysical tradition /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487846354482292.

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Ferguson, Harvie. "Søren Kierkegaard's religious psychology of melancholy." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1994. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1459/.

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Part One deals with social and historical aspects of melancholy in relation to the emergence of modernity. It is argued that one way of understanding modernity is in terms of the emergence of a characteristic world view associated with Copernicanism, and that this transformation 'from the closed world to the infinite universe' is the context within which the old term 'melancholy' was redefined in terms of the modern experience of 'motion', 'distance' and 'reflection'. It is argued that an initial understanding of this relation provides a meaningful context for the reading of Kierkegaard's comments on his own society, particularly those contained in his Two Ages, his varied journalistic production, and his thesis, The Concept of Irony. Part Two attempts to define and present three distinct perspectives within which psychological, philosophical and religious dimensions of melancholy are explored. I have termed these perspectives, respectively, topological, anthropological and philosophical. Not only the aesthetic works, but the 'theory of the spheres' - which has played a central part in much contemporary literature on Kierkegaard - are here treated as exemplifying a topological approach to the central issues of modernity. In contrast to this horizontal perspective, and cutting across it a various points, a distinctively vertical analysis of experience is explored in a number of anthropological works, including, The Concept of Anxiety. An openly philosophical analysis of modernity is then presented, using the works attributed to Johannes Climacus and Anti-Climacus. Part Three, as distinct from the secular works discussed in Parts One and Two, deals with Kierkegaard's explicitly religious writings. In these works, it is argued, Kierkegaard offers a description of religiously transformed, non-melancholic experience. He does so, however, by way of contrast with the melancholy which remains central to both our immediate and reflective forms of self-understanding.
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Muzzarelli, Toni. "Should Psychotherapists Disclose Their Religion and Religiosity to Clients?" Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10807788.

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Very little research has analyzed the conjunction of religion and self-disclosure. Following the previous research conducted by Gregory II, Pomerantz, Pettibone, and Segrist (2008), in which results showed that participants were more willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified with one of three major religions (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism), as opposed to a psychologist who identified as an atheist, this study also aimed to focus on the impact of a therapist’s religion on prospective clients. While remaining true to the previous study, this experiment not only looked to expose the client’s preference towards therapists’ religion, it equally accounted for the degree of devotion to said religion influencing the client’s choice of therapy. Results concluded that different from that of the Gregory et al., (2008) study, participants were just as willing to seek treatment from a psychologist who identified as atheist as they were from a psychologist who identified with one of the three major religions, regardless of participant religiosity or the religiosity of the therapist. Implications of these findings suggest that regardless of psychologists’ religion or religiosity, self-disclosure of such is of no significance.

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Niziolek, Renata Z. "The relationship between religion and mental health /." View abstract, 2000. http://library.ccsu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/showit.php3?id=1622.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 2000.
Thesis advisor: Charles Mate-Kole. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts [in Psychology]." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-45).
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Santos, Neuza Botelho dos. "O enfrentamento religioso em situação de migração." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15079.

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The following essay aims the comprehension about the religious coping dealt upon migration. The phenomenological approach was chosen to reach its conclusions. From the current migratory reality, the possibility of religious coping was raised, considering the events of the migration process. The functions of religion were focused in the referred context. Up next, based on Pargament‟s studies upon the religious coping, it proceeds to the analysis of a report based on a migrant woman‟s experience. The results point the several religious practices that shall be proven effective on the field of religious coping in the referred situation. In that sense, it‟s verified the relation with sacred values, the insertion and communion in religious groups. Besides the solidarity and sharing of the same beliefs and values, possible resources become available for a migrant on the coping of issues found in his path, therefore providing help in finding a new meaning to his own experience
Este trabalho tem o objetivo de compreender como se dá o enfrentamento religioso em situação de migração. Para tanto se utilizou o método fenomenológico. A partir da realidade migratória, levantou-se a possibilidade do enfrentamento religioso, considerando as vicissitudes do processo de migração. Foram enfocadas as funções da religião no referido contexto. Em seguida, baseando-se nos estudos de Pargament sobre o enfrentamento religioso, procedeu-se à análise do relato da experiência de uma migrante. Os resultados apontam as diversas práticas religiosas que podem ser eficazes no campo do enfrentamento em situação de migração. Neste sentido observa-se como a relação com o sagrado, a inserção e a participação em grupos religiosos, além da solidariedade e da partilha das mesmas crenças e valores, se revelam possíveis recursos para o migrante no enfrentamento das dificuldades encontradas em sua trajetória, ajudando-o, assim, a dar um novo significado às próprias experiências
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Naicker, Samantha. "Perceptions of psychologists regarding the use of religion and spirituality in therapy." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1363.

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Religion and spirituality are acknowledged coping resources, yet for many years, the use of religion and spirituality was not practiced in therapy. Psychologists were once branded the least religious of all academicians; however there is evidence of an integration of psychology with religion and spirituality. Recently, studies have been conducted to prove the success of using religion and spirituality to cope with psychological disorders, prevent unhealthy behaviours and promote resilience. Despite this, very little research to date has explored South African psychologists’ perceptions on this matter. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of psychologists in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality area about the use of religion and spirituality in therapy. Purposive sampling was employed to obtain a sample and focus groups were used to the collect data. The data was analyzed using Tesch’s model of qualitative content analysis. Many themes emerged from the data analysis process. The participants indicated that they perceive the definitions of religion and spirituality as difficult to define and reach consensus on. Nevertheless, the participants recognized that religion and spirituality are important aspects of their clients’ lives and that they cannot be ignored in therapy. Particular emphasis was placed on the fact that religion and spirituality are coping mechanisms for both clients and psychologists. Most of the participants indicated that they were willing to discuss religion and spirituality with their clients if they brought it up. The participants highlighted specific factors that made it possible for them to engage with their clients on religious and spiritual levels, and factors that made it difficult for them to do so. The value of the research was discussed. Limitations of the study were also highlighted and based on these, recommendations for future research were outlined.
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Lanktree, Briget C. "Differences in Gender and Religious Practice on Reported Trust of Catholic Students in the Church, Priests and God." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1385386116.

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Wilkins, Victoria Marie Nezu Arthur M. "Religion, spirituality, and psychological distress in cardiovascular disease /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2005. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/522.

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Sykes, Britt-Mari. "Existentialism, psychology and religion, a comparative study of Viktor Frankl and Paul Tillich." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/MQ45251.pdf.

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Lockwood, Renee. "The commercial ethic and corporate religion." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/11630.

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The relationship between religion and economics has been explored by scholars since Max Weber’s seminal work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905). In the late twentieth century, theorists began to focus particularly on the impact of consumerism on Western religiosity, demonstrating the manner in which traditional religious beliefs and practices are making way for a broader ‘spiritual marketplace’ in which consumers are able to ‘pick and mix’ those elements of religion which they find most appealing. The New Age movement is most commonly the subject of these discussions, though recent scholarship has offered the terms ‘spiritualities of life’ and ‘progressive spiritualities’ as more nuanced alternatives. Another aspect of this relationship that has sparked interest from the academy, particularly since the 1990s, is the merging of corporate culture and spirituality. Observations of this phenomenon are often made through a similar lens, with the New Age paradigm most often employed to describe the kinds of beliefs and practices circulating the corporate sector. Whilst in the early twenty-first century several texts promoting ‘spirituality’ in the workplace exist, these are almost always composed either by non-academic authors writing from within the field of business, or by theologians encouraging religious practices at work. When it comes to etic, sociological analyses, more cynical approaches are the norm. Spirituality in the workplace is commonly analysed as profit-driven, designed to promote worker efficiency and improve sales. The fact that many ‘spiritual’ products are marketed as doing just this certainly seems to justify these perspectives. However, less easy to validate are the implications of the ‘inauthentic’ nature of workplace spirituality, and the clearly problematic dichotomies of ‘real’ versus ‘fake’ religion such analyses carry. Consequently, this thesis aims to avoid moralising whilst exploring these currents, and to focus instead on unpacking the problems of ‘corporate religion.’ This process begins with an in-depth analysis of the core aspects of these corporate spiritualities; namely the ‘sacred’ and soteriological forms that exist within them, as well as the specific values they promote. The concepts of ‘ultimate subjectivity,’ ‘soteriological relocation,’ and ‘ontological soteriology’ are offered, and illustrated to be new and important characteristics of modern Western spirituality. It is also concerned with the creation of the ‘commercial ethic,’ and its relationship to the phenomenon of ‘corporate religion.’ While the roots of these phenomena run deeper than the scope of this thesis allows, the roles of certain socio-cultural forces of the twentieth century in their formation are explored. Two culture streams in particular are identified as being seminal in the creation of these new spiritual and ethical realities. The first, that of humanistic psychology, is shown to have contributed profoundly to the creation and perpetuation of ‘ultimate subjectivity;’ the idea of the ‘authentic self’ representing a new form of the sacred and the absolute arbiter of change. Further, the early humanistic psychologists are shown to have promoted particular values including spontaneity, creativity, playfulness, courage, autonomy and rebellion, as means of finding ‘salvation’ from the crises of modernity. The second culture stream, which includes marketing, consumer and business culture – all elements of consumer capitalism – is revealed to have been equally responsible for the perpetuation of these ideas in modern Western consciousness. While this may seem ironic, considering the rejection of corporate culture by many humanistic psychologists, a deeper analysis shows the existence of a dialectic between these seemingly divergent fields, resulting in the synthesis of the modern commercial ethic. In exploring the first culture stream, that of psychology and the Human Potential Movement, the work of Erich Fromm and Abraham Maslow is primarily investigated. In the analysis of the second, that of consumer culture, marketing and business, two authors are primary. First, Thomas Frank’s discussion of the relationship between ‘counter-culture’ values and marketing is discussed. Secondly, John Grant’s New Marketing Manifesto is shown to reflect the manner in which commercial ethic values are fundamental to business and marketing success, having been subsequently promoted through Western culture. Two key methodological frameworks are employed to frame these analyses. Firstly, Charles Taylor’s theory of the ‘massive subjective turn of modern culture’ lies at the heart of the primary arguments presented here. Secondly, Berger and Luckmann’s model of reality construction represents the scaffolding for the theory of the creation of the commercial ethic, as humanistic psychologists and marketing professional are viewed as experts responsible for the permeation of commercial ethic values throughout Western culture, as well as new, temporal, ontology-based forms of the sacred and salvation. Having examined the creation of these new spiritual realities, and their solidification within contemporary Western consciousness, the nature of the corporate religious forms that uphold them will be explored. This will begin with the problematizing of much of the sociological methodology concerning secularisation, rationalisation, and the function and social significance of new religious forms in Western late modernity. In particular, theories that promote the demoralisation perspective – the understanding that rationalisation and the utilitarian individualism promoted by modern consumer capitalism inevitably result in the death of religion – are scrutinized. More specifically, the hypothesis that the nature of rationality is inherently not conducive to the creation of religion is challenged. Arguing from the understanding that religion both reflects and emerges from society, seemingly ‘rational’ forms of religion existing within bureaucratised, corporate environments are presented as empirical challenges to these theses. These spiritualities are shown to function in much the same way as traditional religious forms, unifying participants through shared values and beliefs, offering salvation from the crises and malaises specific to the cultural context, and upholding a particular form of the sacred; the authentic Self. Having illustrated the significance and validity of these new religio-spiritual forms and their relevance to the academy, a detailed description of the corporate religious milieu will be offered. Potential typologies and categorisations of corporate religion are evaluated, and examples of these spiritual forms presented in order to highlight the scope of the phenomenon. Finally, a case study of a corporate religious form, ‘Landmark,’ is presented.
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Norman, Annabelle Emma. "A consideration of the interface between counselling psychology and religion and spirituality." Thesis, City University London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511766.

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This thesis comprises: an introduction, a client study, a critical literature review and a research study. The introduction provides an overview of each component of the thesis as well as highlighting the recurrent theme of religion and spirituality. The client study exemplifies the development of the therapeutic relationship and, in doing so, the significance of religion and spirituality. Within the context of prison, and with a history of abandonment and depression, the value of an Alpha course and a relationship with God are explored. In addition, the practitioner attempted to incorporate these important encounters into the therapeutic interventions. The critical literature review examines the application of religion and spirituality to psychology and psychotherapy and the implications for counselling psychologists. The aim was to consider research literature in particular areas and assess the involvement of counselling psychology. Key issues appeared to mediate this process including training needs, practicality and perceptions in the field. The findings suggested that further exploration would be desirable as this would contribute to competence and cultural sensitivity in scientist-practitioners. The research study explores the way religion and spirituality relate to psychological well-being as experienced by Ghanaian immigrants. The aim of the study was to capture the detail of this experience and apply it to a broad, and thus culturally sensitive, understanding of psychological well-being. Eight Christian Ghanaians were interviewed. The transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, with the researcher approaching the data from a critical realist and contextual constructionist paradigm. The findings revealed that religion and spirituality related to psychological well-being in terms of: cognitive processing from a religious perspective~ coping strategies~ feelings, attitudes and motivation. The theme of psychosocial adjustment to a new reality appeared to contextualise the experience. To conclude, religion and spirituality appeared to becentral in the lives of the participants (e.g. identity, construing of experiences) and in many ways being religious and spiritual embodied psychological well-being. Such a prominent experience has given insight into how religion and spirituality might be experienced, particularly with culturally diverse and religious clients. This could have implications for assessment and formulation, as well as understanding the frame of reference for culturally diverse and religious clients
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Odorisio, David M. "Alchemical hermeneutics| Re-visioning the Yoga Sutras, Dark Night, and heart center in the Upanisads and Eastern Christian prayer through a Jungian lens." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3712769.

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The alchemical hermeneutic methodology utilizes a depth psychological understanding of alchemical operations as an interpretive lens. These processes, viewed from a depth psychological perspective, become the hermeneutical foci through which to interpret select spiritual texts. Following Jung and Romanyshyn, this dissertation further develops an alchemical hermeneutic, and utilizes this textual approach in the interpretation of four texts/traditions in order to create new horizons of meaning, expand the reader’s relationship to text and self at personal and transpersonal levels, as well as broaden, deepen, and define a more psychologically sophisticated approach to certain spiritual texts. This multipaper theoretical dissertation discusses this hermeneutic process and uses the alchemical approach in the interpretation of the following texts and traditions: The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, The Dark Night by John of the Cross, and select passages on the heart from the Upanis&dotbelow;ads and Eastern Christian spirituality.

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Håkansson, Jesper. "Livstillfredsställelse och religion : En kvantitativ studie om relationen mellan religion, livstillfredsställelse och sociala nätverk hos äldre svenskar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-64720.

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Då de äldre delarna av populationen förväntas bli en större andel av den svenska totalpopulationen är det av intresse att undersöka deras hälsotillstånd, där livstillfredsställelse tycks vara en viktig faktor för ett gott åldrande. Utomlands har ett starkt stöd för en korrelation mellan livstillfredsställelse och religiositet hittats. Ett delsyfte i denna studie var att undersöka om en sådan korrelation även kan hittas i sekulära Sverige. Utifrån att också en stark korrelation mellan livstillfredsställelse och sociala nätverk hittats både utomlands och i Sverige var nästa delsyfte att undersöka om de sociala nätverk som kan hittas via ett religiöst deltagande i till exempel en församling bättre kan förklara religionens effekt på livstillfredsställelse än just religiositeten själv. Deltagarna i studien var hämtade från en longitudinell studie kring åldrande och vård kallad "The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care" (SNAC). Resultaten kunde inte visa på någon korrelation mellan religiositet och livstillfredsställelse i Sverige. I och med detta utgick ansatsen till att förklara en sådan korrelation. Studien pekade på att effekten religiositet har på en svensk befolkning tycks skilja sig från den effekt den har på andra populationer.
As the elder parts of the population are expected to become a larger proportion of the Swedish total population there is an interest in investigating their state of health, for which life satisfaction seems to be an important factor. Strong support for a correlation between life satisfaction and religiousness has been found outside of Sweden. One aim of this study was to investigate if such a correlation could also be found in secular Sweden. A strong correlation between life satisfaction and social networks has also been found both in and outside of Sweden. Following this the next aim of the study was to investigate if the social network that can be found via religious participation in for example a congregation could better explain the effect of religion on life satisfaction than religiousness itself. The participants in the study were gathered from a longitudinal study about aging and care called "The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care"(SNAC). The results did not show any correlation between religiousness and life satisfaction in Sweden. The Study indicates that the effect religiousness has on the Swedish population seems to be different from the effect it has on other populations.
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Richardson, Recco S. "The effects of prayer and glossolalia on the mental health status of Protestants." ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/625.

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The resurgence of prayer and glossolalia (speaking in tongues) within Protestant denominations in the United States of America has stimulated widespread psychological and theological debate. Previous research has indicated that religiosity has both a negative and positive effect on mental health functioning. However, there remains an important gap in the current literature regarding the relationships between specific religious practices and mental health. Therefore the purpose of the proposed study is to report on the growing number of religious persons who pray/glossolate and the conflicting messages in the literature regarding the relationship between religiosity and mental illness. A total of 10 Protestants (5 with and 5 without mental health treatment experience) from a large urban area in southeastern Michigan were interviewed. The key research questions were the participants' prayer life, coping skills, participation in mental health services, and perception of their mental health providers' comfort level. To identify themes, the participants' responses were classified, placed into clusters of meaning, reflected upon, and then described. Identified themes included using prayer/glossolalia to resolve interpersonal conflicts and a preference for Christian identified counselors when seeking mental health services. Findings from this research clarify a need for further study regarding mental health services that are delivered to glossolates and nonglossolates. This is an important contribution to the existing literature and enhances social change initiatives through advocating training for mental health providers in the positive impact of religious practices on mental health.
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Granqvist, Pehr. "Attachment and Religion : An Integrative Developmental Framework." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2002. http://publications.uu.se/theses/91-554-5255-8/.

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Malliett, Lowell M. "Developing a course outlining the integrative relationship between human personality and Christian faith." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Winnischofer, Christina Takatsu. "Casamentos entre Católicos Romanos e Judeus: desafios de conviver com diferentes tradições religiosas e o de orientar os filhos na sua formação espiritual." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2009. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/537.

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The objective of this research is to observe inter-religious marriages. The encounter between two religious cultures can be, and generally is, a source of conflict. The emerging conflicts often occur not because of a different world vision, but basically because the other, by being different, threatens the identity of the individual. Facing this threat, it is necessary to strengthen their own identity. Based on interviews with six couples in inter-religious marriages, and specifically between Christians and Jews, and with children between birth and five years of ages and between thirteen and twenty four years of age, residents of the city of São Paulo, the intention of this research is to analyze how the couples deal with the challenges that arrives when one o the members of the couples belongs to a different religious tradition than the other. One of the principal challenges is how to deal with the religious education and spiritual formation of their children. The primary theoretical reference is Family Systems theory, principally the works of Murray Bowen regarding human behavior within family systems, but the research includes other secondary authorities that deal with the question of inter-cultural marriage. The intention is to discuss the implications of this reality for religious praxis and offer contributions for clinical psychology and the field of religious studies. Psychology needs to rethink its practice, leaving behind its prejudices in relation to religion and including this experience in its studies in order to inform both theory and therapy. This is fundamental in the process of understanding religious values and understanding the religiosity and spirituality of the client. On the other hand, religious institutions need to reflect on their praxis in terms of reaching families that are on the fringes of traditional religion, but still, being inter-religious, need to be recognized and respected as they are. As such, churches need to open themselves, reduce their tendency to look only at themselves and their context, and serve the world around them; even if parts of this world will never be formal members of their community.(AU)
Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo observar o casamento inter-religioso. O encontro de duas culturas religiosas pode e, provavelmente, constituirá fonte de conflito. Os conflitos emergentes podem ocorrer, não por uma visão diferente de mundo, mas essencialmente porque o outro, por ser diferente, ameaça a identidade do indivíduo. Frente à ameaça, é necessário fortalecer a própria identidade. A partir de entrevistas com seis casais em casamentos inter-religiosos, mais especificamente, entre cristãos e judeus, e com filhos com idade entre zero e cinco anos e entre quatorze e vinte e quatro anos de idade, residentes em São Paulo, Capital, pretendi analisar como os casais lidam com os desafios que surgem quando um cônjuge pertence a uma tradição religiosa diferente da do outro. Dentre os desafios, está o de lidar com a educação religiosa ou a formação espiritual de seus filhos. Utilizando-se como referencial a Terapia Sistêmica Familiar, principalmente o trabalho de Paul Watzlawick sobre a comunicação e o de Murray Bowen sobre o funcionamento humano dentro dos sistemas familiares, além de outros referenciais auxiliares para trabalhar a questão intercultural no casamento, pretendi discutir as implicações para a práxis religiosa e oferecer contribuições à clínica psicológica e às ciências da religião. A psicologia necessita repensar sua prática, deixando o preconceito em relação à religião de lado e incluindo essa em seus estudos, de modo a aproximar o discurso e a prática do terapeuta, uma vez que pode tomar consciência de seus próprios valores religiosos quando buscar compreender a religião e a espiritualidade de sua clientela. Por sua vez, as instituições religiosas necessitam refletir sobre sua práxis, de modo a alcançar as famílias que se encontram na periferia das religiões. Famílias que solicitam uma orientação, uma formação religiosa, mas que, sendo inter-religiosas, necessitam ser reconhecidas e respeitadas como tal. Portanto, as igrejas precisam abrir-se, deixar de olhar para dentro de si mesmas e servir ao mundo, mesmo que parte desse mundo nunca venha a se tornar formalmente membro da comunidade.(AU)
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Short, Brandon D. "The Depths of the Cartesian Split| A Hidden Myth in Modern Psychology." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10822143.

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Cartesian dualism is analyzed as a psychological image, instead of as a philosophical proposition. This is done by first arguing that elements of existing commentary are indicative of a psychological complex, acting unconsciously, in contemporary academic communities. As a hermeneutic study, these elements are then further interpreted through a Jungian lens, specifically cultural complex theory. Myth is used to highlight and identify the deep psychological structures that are active in what I am calling the Cartesian Split complex. In this new context, possible origins are explored in cultural history, as well as its purpose, with potential lessons offered for a wide range of academic fields, including depth psychology. Specifically, there is a call to refine terminology used for consciousness, as well as for the overall mind-body dichotomy. Also, a new approach is offered for the history of consciousness. Most importantly, a diagnosis is given concerning the present nature of consciousness, and a potential remedy is offered, in the form of a new reading of the original texts. Such a new reading, however, depends on a new perspective, that which is constructed by the present study.

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Evensen, Anthony J. "Culture and psyche in the comparative study of religion." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Jager, Richard Paul. "Mysticism: Its relationship to religious experience and psychopathology." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/457.

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Mantala-Bozos, Kalli I. "The role of religion, culture and rituals on grief adjustment." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269875.

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Gough, Sharon R. "Spiritual and religious diversity: Implications for counselor education programs." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/714.

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The Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVC) identifies 9 core competencies for integrating spirituality/religion into practice. Previous research indicates that some mental health professionals have experienced discomfort when considering the balance between religious ideology (RI) and scientific orientation (SO) in their practice. However, no research exists assessing this potential for cognitive dissonance among mental health professionals nor has there been a test of the relative influence of RI/SO on approval of ASERVC competency integration into counselor training. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was first to assess RI/SO cognitive dissonance and, second, to test RI/SO relative to ASERVC competency integration. The Religious Ideology, Scientific Orientation, Conflict Questionnaire and Core Competency Questionnaire was administered to a random sample of American Psychological Association and American Counseling Association professionals. The results from t tests revealed a significant difference in cognitive dissonance with higher scores on both RI/SO associated with greater dissonance. Multiple regression analysis revealed neither RI nor SO predict competency approval. Findings suggest an important social-change implication: Counselors may not perceive a conflict between RI and SO and, therefore, may be willing to accept the integration of the ASERVC competencies into their training. Implications also include changes in curricular requirements within academic programs that train counselors, social workers, and psychologists to integrate these competencies; considerations for ethical guidelines addressing religious and spiritual diversity; and the development of continuing education coursework pertaining to spiritual and religious diversity competencies.
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Burdzy, Donna. "Sacred Emotional Scale." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1395415876.

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Varner, Kimberly. "The influence of religion and spirituality on identity formation." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/343.

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Livramento, André Mota do. "Homens encarcerados : assistência religiosa e estratégias de vida na prisão." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2012. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6642.

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A questão penitenciária é amplamente discutida na sociedade atual, seja por aspectos relacionados à segurança pública, pela (in)eficiência do sistema penitenciário na recuperação de apenados ou por suas condições estruturais. A realidade brasileira nos mostra um universo prisional deficitário e carente de políticas que efetivem a garantia dos direitos dos detentos. Nesse contexto, atividades religiosas têm assegurado espaço nos presídios, que são vistos como um campo fértil de atuação. Acredita-se que o discurso religioso seja o discurso com o qual o detento mais tenha contato e que dentre os tipos de assistência, a religiosa seja a que mais se cumpra na prisão. O objetivo desse trabalho foi investigar os significados da vida prisional e religiosa entre internos de um presídio e voluntários que realizam a assistência religiosa na instituição. A pesquisa foi organizada em duas etapas e desenvolvida no Instituto de Readaptação Social (IRS), Vila Velha, Espírito Santo. Em um primeiro momento, que durou cerca de dois meses, foi realizada a observação das práticas religiosas na unidade. Após esse período foram entrevistados individualmente, com auxílio de um de roteiro semiestruturado, seis agentes religiosos e 11 internos do IRS. Todas as entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio mediante autorização dos participantes, que assinaram um termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido, e posteriormente foram transcritas integralmente, para serem submetidas à análise por meio do software Alceste. Utilizou-se também o recurso de diário de campo, onde foram registrados todos os dias de visita a unidade prisional. Pressupostos teóricos de Michel Foucault e Erving Goffman orientaram as discussões desta pesquisa. No estudo realizado com os voluntários religiosos, foi possível perceber singularidades entre as práticas dos diferentes grupos religiosos. A assistência religiosa prestada pelos grupos católico e espírita apresenta semelhanças e parece mais voltada ao coletivo carcerário, sendo a religiosidade menos enfatizada, embora seja um aspecto presente. Católicos e espíritas entendem que a assistência religiosa tem o objetivo de garantir melhores condições de vida aos detentos, pela busca do respeito aos seus direitos. A ressocialização é um objetivo presente, mas é vista a partir da transformação das condições de vida na prisão. O principal objetivo da assistência religiosa evangélica é a conversão, portanto o foco das atividades é no indivíduo e na sua transformação pessoal. A ressocialização, entre os evangélicos, é vista como uma transformação íntima na vida do detento por meio da assimilação de uma doutrina religiosa. No estudo realizado com os internos do presídio foi possível observar algumas estratégias de vida que os detentos criam para viver na prisão. Embora o universo prisional possa ser considerado um espaço de mortificação, os internos não se entregam a esse processo de despotencialização da vida. Na busca de alternativas possíveis para lidar com o encarceramento, criam modos de vida que rompem com essa ideia de sujeição ao sistema penitenciário. O tempo de prisão pode estar associado a determinadas formas de lidar com o encarceramento. As análises indicaram que quanto maior o período de prisão, mais intenso parece ser o processo de mortificação do eu. O encontro com o mundo religioso na prisão também é uma via possível para lidar com o encarceramento. A religiosidade permite aos internos significar as suas vidas, além de ser um recurso para enfrentar situações adversas na prisão. Por meio dessa vivência os detentos parecem sentir certa autonomia, embora estejam submetidos a um regime de controle. As práticas religiosas funcionam, dessa maneira, como ajustamentos secundários, que permitem aos detentos certo conforto psíquico, uma satisfação que seria difícil de ser atingida por outros meios, nas circunstâncias em que eles se encontram. Enfatiza-se a importância de se construir na prisão espaços que não tenham efeitos mortificadores, mas que potencializem os modos de vida. É fundamental que o detento tenha a possibilidade de cumprir sua pena em melhores condições e de compreender a sua vida por distintas vias discursivas. Transformar o sistema penal é urgente, para que o universo penitenciário não seja um mecanismo de aplicação de práticas punitivas, coercitivas e moralistas. É preciso romper com a visão do presídio como uma instituição custodial
The penitentiary issue is broadly discussed in today s society for the aspects related to public security, the (in)efficiency of the system in recuperating the prisoners, or because of its structural conditions. The Brazilian reality shows us a deficient prison universe which lacks policies that can provide prisoners rights. In such context, religious activities have secured some space inside the penitentiaries, which are seen as a fertile ground for their actuation. It is believed that the religious speech is the one with which the prisoner has more contact and, among the various types of assistance, it is the most effective in prisons. The objective of this study was to investigate the meaning of prison and religious life for the interns of a prison and the voluntaries who give religious assistance inside the institution. The research was done in two steps and performed at Instituto de Reablitação Social (IRS), in Vila Velha, Espirito Santo. At the first moment, which lasted about two months, the religious practice inside the institution was observed. After this period, six religious agents and 11 inmates were interviewed with the help of a semi-structured script. All the interviews were recorded with the authorization of the subjects, who signed a clear term of agreement. Later, they were thoroughly transcribed in order to be analyzed by Alceste software. A journal was also used and every day of visitation was registered. Theories by Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman guided the discussions in this work. In the study with the religious group, it was possible to notice singularities between the practices of different groups. The religious assistance given by Catholics and Spiritists present similarities and seem to care more about the prison collective than about religion, although this element is present. Catholics and Spiritists understand that religious assistance has the objective of guarantying better conditions of life for the detents, and respect for their rights. Resocialization is a goal, but it is seen from the perspective of changing life conditions in prison. The main objective of the Evangelical assistance is conversion, so the focus of activities in on the individual and their personal transformation. Resocialization, for the Evangelicals, is seen as an intimate transformation in the life of the inmate by the assimilation of a religious doctrine. In the study done with the prisoners, it was possible to notice some strategies that they create to live inside the prisons. Although the prison universe is considered a space for mortification, the incarcerated do not give in to such process of depotentiation of life. In the search for possible alternatives to deal with imprisonment, they find ways of living that refuse this idea of submission to the prison system. The time of sentence may be associated with certain ways to deal with imprisonment. The analysis indicates that the longer the period, the more intense seems the process of mortification of the self. The meeting with the religious world inside the prison is also a viable way to endure sentence time. Religiosity allows the interns to find meaning for their lives, besides being a resource to help facing adverse situations in prison. Such way of living seems to give the detents some autonomy, although submitted to control. Religious practices work, this way, as secondary adjustments that give the inmates some kind of psychological comfort; a satisfaction that would be hard to find due to the circumstances they are experiencing. It is necessary to emphasize the need to build, inside the prisons, spaces that do not impose mortification; spaces that promote vitalization. It is fundamental that the prisoner have the possibility of serving his sentence in better conditions and understanding their life through distinct discursive ways. The transformation of the prison system is an urgent need so that the prison universe does not become a mechanism for punitive, coercive, and moralist practices. It is necessary to stop seeing the prison as a custodial institution
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Ganatra, Lakshman. "Religion and mental health : issues for professionals and public." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/95894/.

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This thesis is structured as three chapters which explore the subject of religion and mental health for both professionals and public. Chapter one reviews the published literature examining professional’s engagement with religion within the mental health system in the United Kingdom. Evidence suggests that professionals view religion as important in mental health care, however a number of key fundamental barriers at the macro- and micro-level influence engagement. Barriers include lack of engagement within the corporate context; ethical considerations and dilemmas in clinical practice; and issues in daily practice. Professionals require stronger guidance to feel supported. Training institutions need to address religion within teaching and organisations must be aware of the ethical dilemma professionals face. Chapter two presents an empirical study examining the influence psychosocial forces of religiosity and spirituality have on suicide. The study was in the form of a cross-sectional e-survey design using a range of psychometrically valid self-report measures. A general population sample of 231 participants from different faith and non-faith backgrounds participated. Results found that religious participants had higher levels of depression and suicidal thoughts than non-religious participants. However, differences were not found between groups, suggesting that it is not belief systems per se, but other psycho-social factors which are more important. Religious participants were found to have higher levels of religiosity and spirituality, moreover, negative religious coping and forgiveness appear to have a significant influence on psychological distress. Implications of the findings are discussed, along with suggestions for future research. Chapter three provides reflections on the research process and my personal and professional development through the course.
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Cummings, Jeremy P. "Spiritual Identity Formation: Testing a Model of Religious Conversion Processes." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1321191940.

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Hossain, Makshuda. "Women’s education, religion and fertility in Bangladesh." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-148750.

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Maynard, D. J. "The roots of religion in biological and psychological development in infancy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372633.

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Kirby, Matthew. "The Impact of Religious Schema on Critical Thinking Skills." DigitalCommons@USU, 2008. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/10.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between critical thinking and religious schema as represented by religious orientation. Past research has included religious belief within the larger construct of paranormal belief, and demonstrated a correlation between high levels of paranormal belief and poor critical thinking skills. Studies in the psychology of religion suggested that a more complex religious measure based on religious orientation was necessary to understand these correlations. Additionally, schema theory offered a cognitive framework within which to experimentally test the cause of these correlations. This study found that primed religious schema did not account for the relationship between paranormal/religious belief and critical thinking skills. This study did find that poor critical thinking performance was predicted by higher levels of extrinsic religious orientation.
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Fredriksson, Pernilla. "Ty Guds ord är levande och verksamt : en studie av hur unga Jehovas vittnen håller sin tro övertygande." Thesis, University of Gävle, Ämnesavdelningen för kultur- och religionsvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-3605.

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Studien avser undersöka hur unga Jehovas vittnen håller sin tro övertygande. Frågeställningar har varit hur de hanterar den mångfald av världsuppfattningar, värderingar och normer som inte är förenliga med Jehovas vittnens lära, hur deras tro bekräftas kontinuerligt samt om de upplever sig skilda från den icke-troende världen. Tre unga Jehovas vittnen har intervjuats för denna studie. Deras svar har relaterats till vad tidigare forskning och sociologiska teorier säger om att hålla tro övertygande, att vara ung och religiös samt om att vara ett Jehovas vittne. Frågeställningar och syfte besvaras genom ett flertal faktorer som träder fram i studien: församlingen utgör en starkt normbildande primärgrupp och utgör en stabil plausibilitetsstruktur. Ungdomarna begränsar sina sociala relationer till främst inom rörelsen. De bekräftar sin tro offentligt genom kyrklig aktivitet. Det framstår som att tron blir övertygande genom att rörelsens normer kommer först för alla vittnen, vilket bygger upp en varaktig plausibilitetsstruktur.

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Vespie, Stanley Paul. "Attitudes of Southern Baptist Pastors Toward Professional Counseling." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/840.

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While clergy are at the forefront of providing mental health counseling services, many lack confidence in their ability to provide adequate care for those suffering mental health issues and many, across denominations, question the validity and reliability of mental health counseling and are reluctant to make referrals to professional counselors. There remains a gap in the current research literature regarding the views of Southern Baptist pastors. Using conflict theory as the framework for this study, the purpose of this exploratory quantitative study was to determine how 225 Southern Baptist pastors' conservative views, church size, and educational level (the independent variables) impacted their attitude towards counseling (the dependent variable). Data were collected using the Religious Attitude Scale and the Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Help Scale. A three-way ANOVA was performed to measure interaction effects among the independent variables. The results of this research indicated that a pastor's level of education and conservative views, but not church size, had an impact on attitudes about counseling. While future research could better inform the kinds of education that influence counseling referrals from pastors, this research supports the idea that more educated pastors are more likely to use diverse resources for addressing congregants' issues of mental wellness. The results of this research can influence social change because Christians needing mental health counseling often go to their pastor for help. Providing further education to pastors about the benefits of professional counseling will result in improved mental health for those congregants and their families.
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