Articles by Request

Since its founding, the Research Department has published close to 100 articles on religion, spirituality, and health in newspapers, magazines, and professional and scientific journals in various healthcare fields, including medicine, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and pastoral care. A selection of editorials, reviews, and research studies that have been published in peer-reviewed journals is provided below.

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• Referrals to Health Care Chaplaincy by Head Nurses-Situations and Influencing Factors (2011)
• When Do Nurses Refer Patients to Professional Chaplains? (2010)
• Beliefs about God, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Evolutionary Psychiatry (2010)
• Religious Resources, Spiritual Struggles, and Mental Health in a nationwide Sample of PCUSA Clergy (2010)
• Religious Involvement and Risk of Major Depression in a Prospective Nationwide Study of African American Adults (2009)
• Religious Coping Among Jews: Development and Initial Validation of the JCOPE (2009)
• Do Spiritual Struggles Predict Poorer Physical/Mental Health Among Jews? (2009)
• Prayer, God Imagery, and Symptoms of Psychopathology (2008)
• Beliefs About Life-After-Death, Psychiatric Symptomology, and Cognitive Theories of Psychopathology. Journal of Psychology and Theology (2008)
• Religious Doubt and Mental Health Across the Lifespan Journal of Adult Development (2007)
• Beliefs, Mental Health, and Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems in the Brain. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders (2007)
• Beliefs, Mental Health, and Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems in the Brain.  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders (2007)
• Referrals to Chaplains: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare Settings.  Mental Health, Religion & Culture (2007)
• Providing Spiritual Care.  Contexts (2007)
• Examining the Links Between Spiritual Struggles and Symptoms of Psychopathology in a National Sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology (2006)
• The Clergy as a Source of Mental Health Assistance: What Americans Believe.  Review of Religion Research (2006)
• The Relative Prevalence of Various Spiritual Needs. Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (2006)
• Rabbis and Health: A Half-Century Review of the Mental and Physical Health Care Literature: 1950-1999. Pastoral Psychology (2006)
• Belief in Life After Death and Mental Health: Findings from a National Survey. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (2006)
• Trends in the Scientific Study of Religion, Spirituality, and Health: 1965-2000. Journal of Religion and Health (2006)
• A Systematic Review of Religious and Spiritual Research in Social Work. Social Work and Christianity (2006)
• To What Extent are the Spiritual Needs of Hospital Patients Being Met? International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (2005)
• A Review of Research on the Effects of Religion on Adolescent Tobacco Use, Published Between 1990 and 2003. Adolescence (2005)
• Department Directors’ Perceptions of the Roles and Functions of Hospital Chaplains: A National Survey. Hospital Topics (2005)
• What Do We Know About The Effectiveness Of Faith-Based Health Programs? Southern Medical Journal (2005)
• The Influence of Religion on Death Anxiety And Death Acceptance. Mental Health, Religion and Culture (2005)
• A Review of Spiritual and Religious Measures in Nursing Research Journals: 1995-1999. Journal of Religion and Health (2005)
• Assessing A Patient’s Spiritual Needs. Holistic Nursing Practice (2005)
• A Study of Pastoral Care, Referral, and Consultation Practices Among Clergy In Four Settings In The New York City Area. Pastoral Psychology (2005)
• Methodologic Issues in Research on Religion and Health. Southern Medical Journal (2005)
• The Quantity and Quality of Research on Religion in Four Major Gerontology Journals Between 1985 And 2002. Research on Aging (2005)
• Religion and Spirituality in Three Major General Medical Journals From 1998 To 2000. Southern Medical Journal (2004)
• Methodologic Issues in Research on Religion and Health. Southern Medical Journal (2004)
• Spiritual Care: Whose Job is it Anyway? Southern Medical Journal (2004)
• The Role of Religion/Spirituality For Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers. Southern Medical Journal (2004)
• A Systematic Review of Religion and Spirituality in Three Palliative Care Journals, 1990-1999. Journal of Palliative Care (2004)
• A Comparative Analysis of the Psychological Literature on Collaboration Between Clergy and Mental-Health Professionals - Perspectives from Secular and Religious Journals: 1970-1999. Pastoral Psychology (2004)
• Compassion Fatigue Among Chaplains, Clergy, and Other Respondents After September 11th. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (2003)
• Psychologists and Health Care Chaplains Doing Research Together. Journal of Psychiatry and Christianity (2003)
• Collaboration Between Clergy and Mental Health Professionals: A Review of Professional Health Care Journals from 1980 -1999. Counseling and Values (2003)
• A Systematic Review of Research on Religion and Spirituality in the Journal of Traumatic Stress: 1990-1999. Mental Health, Religion and Culture (2003)
• Religion, Spirituality, and Chaplains in the Biomedical Literature: 1965-2000. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (2003)
• A Systematic Review of Chaplains and Community-Based Clergy in Three Palliative Care Journals: 1990-1999. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care (2003)
• Three-Year Study of Chaplains’ Professional Activities at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Psycho-Oncology (2003)
• Spirituality, Health, and Complementary/Alternative Medicine. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (2003)
• A Systematic Review of Research on Religion in Six Primary Marriage and Family Journals: 1995-1999. American Journal of Family Therapy (2002)
• A Review of Mortality Research on Clergy and Other Religious Professionals. Journal of Religion and Health (2002)
• Religious and Spiritual Variables in Three Major Oncology Nursing Journals: 1990-1999. Oncology Nursing Forum (2002)
• A Review of Research on Religious and Spiritual Variables in Two Primary Gerontological Nursing Journals 1991-1997. Journal of Gerentological Nursing (2001)
• A Ten-Year Review of Research on Chaplains and Community-Based Clergy in Three Primary Oncology Nursing Journals: 1990-1999. Cancer Nursing (2001) (Ariel Regular 10 pt. content text)

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