Published Studies and Articles

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.

Articles you can download:

• To Pray or Not to Pray: Considering Gender and Religious Concordance in Praying with the Ill (2010)
• A Belief Review of Religious Beliefs in Research on Mental Health and ETAS Theory (2010)
• Editorial-Education, Research, Theory, and Practice in Professional Chaplaincy (2010)
• Pastoral Interventions and the Influence of Self-Reporting: A preliminary Analysis (2010)
• Topography of Referrals to Chaplains in the Metropolitan Chaplaincy Study
• The Correlates of Chaplains' Effectiveness in Meeting the Spiritual/Religious and Emotional Needs of Patients
• 2009 Spiritual Care Collaborative Survey Results on Continuing Education
• Beyond Revenge (2008)
• Buddhism & Health Review (2008)
• Change in Pastoral Skills -Jankowski et al (2008)
• Chaplaincy Research (2008)
• Defining Spiritual Care: An Exploratory Study (2008)
• Diversity of Topics (2008)
• Selected Findings from the ‘New York” and the Metropolitan’ Chaplaincy Studies (2008)
• Spiritual Care & Pastoral Care (2008)
• Spiritual Needs Gender Differences (2008)
• What Do Chaplains Really Do-Interventions (2008)
• What Do Chaplains Really Do-Referrals (2008)
• What Do Chaplains Really Do-Visitation (2008)
• A Preliminary Proposal for a Scale to Measure the Effectiveness of Pastoral Care with Family Members of Hospitalized Patients (2007)
• A National Survey of Hospital Directors’ Views about the Importance of Various Chaplain Roles: Differences among Disciplines and Types of Hospitals (2006)
• Compassion Fatigue and Burnout among Rabbis Working as Chaplains (2006)
• A Study of Religion, Ministry, and Meaning in Caregiving Among Health Professionals in an Institutional Setting in New York City (2005)
• Correlates of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Chaplains and Other Clergy Who Responded to the September 11th Attacks in New York City (2005)
• A National Survey of Health Care Administrators’ Views on the Importance of Various Chaplain Roles (2005)
• How Satisfied are Patients with the Ministry of Chaplains? (2004)
• A Review of Research on Chaplains and Community-Based Clergy in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet, and The New England Journal of Medicine: 1998-2000 (2004)
• A Comparative Analysis of the Psychological Literature on Collaboration Between Clergy and Mental-Health Professionals - Perspectives from Secular and Religious Journals: 1970-1999 
• An Analysis of Referrals to Chaplains in a Community Hospital in New York Over a Seven-Year Period (2004)
• Factors Affecting HealthCare Chaplaincy and the Provision of Pastoral Care in the United States (2004)
• An Evaluation of Quantity and Quality of Empirical Research in Three Pastoral Care and Counseling Journals, 1990-1999: Has Anything Changed? (2003)
• A Study of Spirituality, Depression, and Loneliness Among Jewish Seniors Residing in New York City (2003)
• Mental Health Issues Among Clergy and Other Religious Professionals: A Review of Research (2002)
• Research on Religion and Health: The Need for a Balanced and Constructive Critique (2002)
• How many Chaplains per 100 Inpatients? Benchmarks of Health Care Chaplaincy Departments (2001)
• Professional Chaplaincy: Its Role and Importance in Healthcare (2001)
  

Articles available upon request:

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