Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Catherine L. Albanese |
Publication | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
Volume | 67 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 305-325 |
Date | Jun., 1999 |
ISSN | 00027189 |
Short Title | The Subtle Energies of Spirit |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1465739 |
Accessed | Sun Nov 8 23:39:13 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jun., 1999 / Copyright © 1999 American Academy of Religion |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
This is a very interesting article about the history of spirituality, or spirit, as a term and a practice. The author explores H. Emilie Cady's Lessons in Truth throughout the article to discuss her points.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Mark J Atkinson |
Author | Paul M Wishart |
Author | Bushra I Wasil |
Author | John W Robinson |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The Self-Perception and Relationships Tool (S-PRT) is intended to be a clinically responsive and holistic assessment of patients' experience of illness and subjective Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL). METHODS: A diversity of patients were involved in two phases of this study. Patient samples included individuals involved with renal, cardiology, psychiatric, cancer, chronic pelvic pain, and sleep services. In Phase I, five patient focus groups generated 128 perceptual rating scales. These scales described important characteristics of illness-related experience within six life domains (i.e., Physical, Mental-Emotional, Interpersonal Receptiveness, Interpersonal Contribution, Transpersonal Receptiveness and Transpersonal Orientation). Item reduction was accomplished using Importance Q-sort and Importance Checklist methodologies with 150 patients across the participating services. In Phase II, a refined item pool (88 items) was administered along with measures of health status (SF-36) and spiritual beliefs (Spiritual Involvements and Beliefs Scale--SIBS) to 160 patients, of these 136 patients returned complete response sets. RESULTS: Factor analysis of S-PRT results produced a surprisingly clean five-factor solution (Eigen values> 2.0 explaining 73.5% of the pooled variance). Items with weaker or split loadings were removed leaving 36 items to form the final S-PRT rating scales; Intrapersonal Well-being (physical, mental & emotional items), Interpersonal Receptivity, Interpersonal Contribution, Transpersonal Receptivity and Transpersonal Orientation (Eigen values> 5.4 explaining 83.5% of the pooled variance). The internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha) of these scales was very high (0.82-0.97). Good convergent correlations (0.40 to 0.67) were observed between the S-PRT scales and the Mental Health scales of the SF-36. Correlations between the S-PRT Intrapersonal Well-being scale and three of SF-36 Physical Health scales were moderate (0.30 to 0.46). The criterion-related validity of the S-PRT spiritual scales was supported by moderate convergence (0.40-0.49) with three SIBS scales. CONCLUSION: Evidence supports the validity of the S-PRT as a generally applicable measure of perceived health status and HRQL. The test-retest reliability was found to be adequate for most scales, and there is some preliminary evidence that the S-PRT is responsive to patient-reported changes in determinants of their HRQL. Clinical uses and directions for future research are discussed. |
Publication | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
Volume | 2 |
Pages | 36 |
Date | Jul 16, 2004 |
Journal Abbr | Health Qual Life Outcomes |
DOI | 10.1186/1477-7525-2-36 |
ISSN | 1477-7525 |
Short Title | The Self-Perception and Relationships Tool (S-PRT) |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15257754 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 12:57:01 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 15257754 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The Self-Perception and Relationships Tool (S-PRT) is intended to be a clinically responsive assessment of patients’ subjective Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL). Methods: Patient samples included individuals involved with renal, cardiology, psychiatric, cancer, chronic pelvic pain, and sleep services. In Phase I, five patient focus groups generated 128 perceptual rating scales. In Phase II, a refined item pool (88 items) was administered along with measures of health status (SF-36) and spiritual beliefs (Spiritual Involvements and Beliefs Scale--SIBS) to 160 patients. Results: Factor analysis of S-PRT results produced a surprisingly clean five-factor solution (Eigen values> 2.0 explaining 73.5% of the pooled variance). Conclusion: Evidence supports the validity of the S-PRT as a generally applicable measure of perceived health status and HRQL.
Type | Book |
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Author | Linda L Barnes |
Author | Inés Talamantez |
Contributor | American Academy of Religion |
Place | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Date | 2006 |
ISBN | 019517643X |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | BL41 .T43 2006 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
This book, a collection of essays by experts in various disciplines
who address the role of healing in many different religious traditions
and cultural communities, is designed to help instructors incorporate
discussion of healing into their courses. The authors aim to
facilitate the development of courses focused on religion and
healing. An invaluable resource for faculty in anthropology,
religious studies, American studies, sociology, and ethnic studies, it
also addresses the needs of educators training physicians, health care
professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is
referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with
multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Gina M. Berg |
Author | Robin E. Crowe |
Author | Bryant Wong |
Author | Jane Siebert |
Abstract | Research on spirituality and religion (S/R) is receiving more attention as healthcare staff recognize the importance of treating the whole person. This is especially pertinent in critical care, where patients and families deal with a multitude of issues. As not all research comes exclusively from theologically educated authors, this study explored publication trends of S/R articles in critical care. Findings indicated medically credentialed professionals, not chaplains and/or pastoral care staff, constituted the majority of authors in S/R articles. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 333-336 |
Date | 6/2010 |
Journal Abbr | J Relig Health |
DOI | 10.1007/s10943-009-9266-6 |
ISSN | 0022-4197 |
Accessed | Wed Oct 6 20:56:20 2010 |
Library Catalog | CrossRef |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:02:29 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:02:29 2011 |
Research on spirituality and religion (S/R) is receiving more attention as healthcare staff recognize the importance of treating the whole person. This is especially pertinent in critical care, where patients and families deal with a multitude of issues. As not all research comes exclusively from theologically educated authors, this study explored publication trends of S/R articles in critical care. Findings indicated medically credentialed professionals, not chaplains and/or pastoral care staff, constituted the majority of authors in S/R articles.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Felicity L Bishop |
Author | Fiona Barlow |
Author | Jan Walker |
Author | Clare McDermott |
Author | George T Lewith |
Abstract | Background: Spiritual healing, probably the oldest documented paramedical intervention, is a neglected area of research. In order to conduct further research into the effects of healing, a valid and reliable outcome measure is needed that captures the experience of individuals receiving healing (healees) and is not burdensome to complete. We aimed to develop such a measure. Methods: A mixed methods design was used. Focus groups and cognitive interviews were used to generate and refine questionnaire items grounded in the experiences and language of healees (Study 1). The resulting questionnaire was tested and its formal psychometric properties were evaluated (Study 2). Participants were recruited from a spiritual healing sanctuary and via individual healers (including registered spiritual healers, Reiki practitioners, healers affiliated with churches). Results: In Study 1, 24 participants took part in 7 focus groups and 6 cognitive interviews. 29 common effects were identified and grouped into 7 discrete dimensions that appeared to characterize potentially sustainable effects reported by participants following their experiences of spiritual healing. In Study 2, 393 participants returned completed baseline questionnaires, 243 of whom completed the questionnaire again 1-6 weeks later. Exploratory factor analysis generated 5 subscales, based on 20 of the items: outlook, energy, health, relationships and emotional balance. These subscales demonstrated acceptable internal consistency, convergent validity and test-retest reliability. Three of the subscales and the whole questionnaire demonstrated good sensitivity to change. Conclusions: We have produced a psychometrically sound healing impact questionnaire that is acceptable to healees, healers and researchers for use in future evaluations of spiritual healing. |
Publication | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics |
Volume | 79 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 350-362 |
Date | Aug 20, 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Psychother Psychosom |
DOI | 10.1159/000320120 |
ISSN | 1423-0348 |
Short Title | The Development and Validation of an Outcome Measure for Spiritual Healing |
Accessed | Mon Aug 30 16:52:53 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20733345 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:03:07 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:03:07 2011 |
The authors of this article aim to develop a valid and reliable outcome measure that captures the experience of individuals receiving healing (healees) and is not burdensome to complete to see the effects of healing. The result: they produced a psychometrically sound healing impact questionnaire that is acceptable to healees, healers and researchers for use in future evaluations of spiritual healing.
Type | Book Section |
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Author | Suzanne. Bost |
Book Title | In Encarnación: Illness and Body Politics in Chicana Feminist Literature |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Fordham University Press |
Date | 2010 |
Pages | 114-150 |
Date Added | Sat Nov 5 22:31:10 2011 |
Modified | Sat Nov 5 22:33:40 2011 |
Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, this book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity considering the work of Cherrie Moraga.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Edwin D Boudreaux |
Author | Erin O'Hea |
Author | Robert Chasuk |
Abstract | Research shows convincingly that patients with serious medical illnesses commonly use spiritual methods to cope with and manage their illnesses. This reliance on spirituality seems to be associated with a range of positive outcomes in the form of an enhanced sense of well-being, improved feelings of resiliency, and decreased adverse physical symptoms (e.g., pain and fatigue) and psychologic symptoms (e.g., anxiety). The methodologic flaws and limitations of this literature, however, make more research necessary before confident conclusions can be made regarding the objective, biologic benefit. Further efforts should focus on identifying the potential mechanisms through which spirituality enhances both subjective and objective outcomes. Care should be taken to use reliable, valid spirituality assessment measures and more advanced methodologic designs, such as prospective, longitudinal studies, and randomized, controlled trials. |
Publication | Primary Care |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 439-454, viii |
Date | Jun 2002 |
Journal Abbr | Prim. Care |
ISSN | 0095-4543 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12391721 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 22:06:54 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 12391721 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Research shows convincingly that patients with serious medical illnesses commonly use spiritual methods to cope with and manage their illnesses. This reliance on spirituality seems to be associated with a range of positive outcomes in the form of an enhanced sense of well-being, improved feelings of resiliency, and decreased adverse physical symptoms (e.g., pain and fatigue) and psychologic symptoms (e.g., anxiety). The methodologic flaws and limitations of this literature, however, make more research necessary before confident conclusions can be made regarding the objective, biologic benefit. Further efforts should focus on identifying the potential mechanisms through which spirituality enhances both subjective and objective outcomes. Care should be taken to use reliable, valid spirituality assessment measures and more advanced methodologic designs, such as prospective, longitudinal studies, and randomized, controlled trials.
Type | Book |
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Author | John Bowker |
Place | Cambridge |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Date | 1970 |
ISBN | 9780521074124 |
Library Catalog | Open WorldCat |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
This book is a comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism. It functions well as an introduction to the field of the comparative study of religions.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | James D. Campbell |
Author | Dong Phil Yoon |
Author | Brick Johnstone |
Abstract | Previous research indicates that increased religiosity/spirituality is related to better health, but the specific nature of these relationships is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between physical health and spiritual belief, religious practices, and congregational support using the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and the Medical Outcomes Scale Shortform-36. A total of 168 participants were surveyed with the following medical disorders: Cancer, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Stroke, plus a healthy sample from a primary care setting. The results show that individuals with chronic medical conditions do not automatically turn to religious and spiritual resources following onset of their disorder. Physical health is positively related to frequency of attendance at religious services, which may be related to better health leading to increased ability to attend services. In addition, spiritual belief in a loving, higher power, and a positive worldview are associated with better health, consistent with psychoneuroimmunological models of health. Practical implications for health care providers are discussed. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 3-17 |
Date | Mar 2010 |
Journal Abbr | J Relig Health |
DOI | 10.1007/s10943-008-9227-5 |
ISSN | 1573-6571 |
Accessed | Sat Feb 20 12:00:48 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20162451 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | James Carmody |
Author | George Reed |
Author | Jean Kristeller |
Author | Phillip Merriam |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Although the relationship between religious practice and health is well established, the relationship between spirituality and health is not as well studied. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether participation in the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program was associated with increases in mindfulness and spirituality, and to examine the associations between mindfulness, spirituality, and medical and psychological symptoms. METHODS: Forty-four participants in the University of Massachusetts Medical School's MBSR program were assessed preprogram and postprogram on trait (Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale) and state (Toronto Mindfulness Scale) mindfulness, spirituality (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-Being Scale), psychological distress, and reported medical symptoms. Participants also kept a log of daily home mindfulness practice. Mean changes in scores were computed, and relationships between changes in variables were examined using mixed-model linear regression. RESULTS: There were significant improvements in spirituality, state and trait mindfulness, psychological distress, and reported medical symptoms. Increases in both state and trait mindfulness were associated with increases in spirituality. Increases in trait mindfulness and spirituality were associated with decreases in psychological distress and reported medical symptoms. Changes in both trait and state mindfulness were independently associated with changes in spirituality, but only changes in trait mindfulness and spirituality were associated with reductions in psychological distress and reported medical symptoms. No association was found between outcomes and home mindfulness practice. CONCLUSIONS: Participation in the MBSR program appears to be associated with improvements in trait and state mindfulness, psychological distress, and medical symptoms. Improvements in trait mindfulness and spirituality appear, in turn, to be associated with improvements in psychological and medical symptoms. |
Publication | Journal of Psychosomatic Research |
Volume | 64 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 393-403 |
Date | Apr 2008 |
Journal Abbr | J Psychosom Res |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.06.015 |
ISSN | 0022-3999 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18374738 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 18:49:44 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 18374738 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Objective: To ascertain whether participation in the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program was associated with increases in mindfulness and spirituality, and to examine the associations between mindfulness, spirituality, and medical and psychological symptoms. Methods: Forty-four participants in the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s MBSR program were assessed preprogram and postprogram on trait (Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale) and state (Toronto Mindfulness Scale) mindfulness, spirituality (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-Being Scale), psychological distress, and reported medical symptoms. Results: There were significant improvements in spirituality, state and trait mindfulness, psychological distress, and reported medical symptoms.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Yoichi Chida |
Author | Andrew Steptoe |
Author | Lynda H Powell |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The relationship between religiosity/spirituality and physical health has been the subject of growing interest in epidemiological research. We systematically reviewed prospective observational cohort studies of the association between this potentially protective psychological factor and mortality using meta-analytic methods. METHODS: We searched general bibliographic databases: Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science and PubMed (up to 20 March, 2008). Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, quality, and estimates of associations. Random effects meta-analyses, subgrouping, and sensitivity analysis were performed. RESULTS: There were 69 studies (28 articles) and 22 studies (11 articles) investigating the association between religiosity/spirituality and mortality in initially healthy populations and diseased populations, respectively. The results of the meta-analyses showed that religiosity/spirituality was associated with reduced mortality in healthy population studies (combined hazard ratio = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.76-0.87, p <0.001), but not in diseased population studies (combined hazard ratio = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.94-1.01, p = 0.19). Notably, the protective effect of religiosity/spirituality in the initially healthy population studies was independent of behavioral factors (smoking, drinking, exercising, and socioeconomic status), negative affect, and social support. We divided studies according to the aspects of religiosity/spirituality measure examined, and found that organizational activity (e.g. church attendance) was associated with greater survival in healthy population studies. Multi-dimensional aspects were related to survival in both the healthy and diseased populations. Religiosity/spirituality was negatively associated with cardiovascular mortality in healthy population studies. CONCLUSIONS: The current review suggests that religiosity/spirituality has a favorable effect on survival, although the presence of publication biases indicates that results should be interpreted with caution. |
Publication | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics |
Volume | 78 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 81-90 |
Date | 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Psychother Psychosom |
DOI | 10.1159/000190791 |
ISSN | 1423-0348 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19142047 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 19:49:16 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19142047 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Methods: We searched general bibliographic databases: Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science and PubMed (up to 20 March, 2008). Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, quality, and estimates of associations. Random effects meta-analyses, subgrouping, and sensitivity analysis were performed. Results: There were 69 studies (28 articles) and 22 studies (11 articles) investigating the association between religiosity/spirituality and mortality in initially healthy populations and diseased populations, respectively. The results of the meta-analyses showed that religiosity/spirituality was associated with reduced mortality in healthy population studies (combined hazard ratio = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.76-0.87, p <0.001), but not in diseased population studies (combined hazard ratio = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.94-1.01, p = 0.19). Notably, the protective effect of religiosity/spirituality in the initially healthy population studies was independent of behavioral factors (smoking, drinking, exercising, and socioeconomic status), negative affect, and social support.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | George Comstock |
Author | K Partridge |
Abstract | Associations between church attendance and health were investigated. Previous studies that mention church attendance as a health-related variable are reviewed, and the results of a 1963 survey of residents of Washington County, Maryland, that included a question on church attendance are analyzed. The results show that the risk of dying from arteriosclerotic heart disease is about twice as high among infrequent church attenders as in frequent church attenders, and death rates from emphysema, cirrhosis, and suicide are also appreciably higher among infrequent attenders. |
Publication | Journal of Chronic Diseases |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 665-72 |
Date | Dec. 1972 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Associations between church attendance and health were investigated. Previous studies that mention church attendance as a health-related variable are reviewed, and the results of a 1963 survey of residents of Washington County, Maryland, that included a question on church attendance are analyzed. The results show that the risk of dying from arteriosclerotic heart disease is about twice as high among infrequent church attenders as in frequent church attenders, and death rates from emphysema, cirrhosis, and suicide are also appreciably higher among infrequent attenders.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Joanne Coyle |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence has found that spirituality enhances health. However, spirituality is an elusive concept that defies clear definition. This inevitably presents difficulties when comparing the findings of studies. Therefore conceptual clarification is essential if practitioners are to better understand the relationship between spirituality and health. AIMS: The aim of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework, which can be used to explore the relationship between spirituality and health. METHODS: The concept-indicator model was used to analyse spirituality in the literature. The literature was searched for empirical indicators or what are taken as essential attributes of spirituality. Similarities and differences between approaches were identified and these formed the basis of a framework. FINDINGS: The analysis identified three approaches (a trichotomy) to spirituality in the literature. These were termed the transcendent, the value guidance and the structuralist-behaviourist approaches. The paper shows how by clarifying the different conceptualizations of spirituality and the interrelationship between them researchers can also clarify their respective contributions to health. Thus a contribution is made towards making more explicit the ways in which key aspects of spirituality such as transcendence, meaning and purpose, connectedness, hope, and faith, work to produce health benefits in terms of prevention, recovery from illness, or coping with illness. CONCLUSIONS: The framework (or trichotomy) will enable practitioners to understand better the connection between spirituality and health. In particular, it will show that to appreciate the benefits that patients might experience from their value or belief systems, practitioners must actively explore the content of those systems in a respectful way. |
Publication | Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Volume | 37 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 589-597 |
Date | Mar 2002 |
Journal Abbr | J Adv Nurs |
ISSN | 0309-2402 |
Short Title | Spirituality and health |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11879423 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 21:14:16 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 11879423 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The aim of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework which can be used to explore the relationship between spirituality and health. Methods: The concept-indicator model was used to analyse spirituality in the literature. The literature was searched for empirical indicators or what are taken as essential attributes of spirituality.. Findings: The analysis identified three approaches (a trichotomy) to spirituality in the literature. These were termed the transcendent, the value guidance and the structuralist-behaviourist approaches. Conclusions: The framework (or trichotomy) will enable practitioners to understand better the connection between spirituality and health.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Daphne M. Davis |
Author | Jeffrey A. Hayes |
Abstract | Research suggests that mindfulness practices offer psychotherapists a way to positively affect aspects of therapy that account for successful treatment. This paper provides psychotherapists with a synthesis of the empirically supported advantages of mindfulness. Definitions of mindfulness and evidence-based interpersonal, affective, and intrapersonal benefits of mindfulness are presented. Research on therapists who meditate and client outcomes of therapists who meditate are reviewed. Implications for practice, research, and training are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved). (from the journal abstract) |
Publication | Psychotherapy |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 198-208 |
Date | June 2011 |
DOI | 10.1037/a0022062 |
ISSN | 0033-3204 |
Short Title | What are the benefits of mindfulness? |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:53:56 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:53:56 2011 |
Research suggests that mindfulness practices offer psychotherapists a way to positively affect aspects of therapy that account for successful treatment. This paper provides psychotherapists with a synthesis of the empirically supported advantages of mindfulness. Definitions of mindfulness and evidence-based interpersonal, affective, and intrapersonal benefits of mindfulness are presented. Research on therapists who meditate and client outcomes of therapists who meditate are reviewed. Implications for practice, research, and training are discussed.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | L L Fahlberg |
Author | L A Fahlberg |
Abstract | Spirituality has been recognized as pivotal in health education and health promotion. Although spirituality is often discussed as a dimension of health, there is little evidence of integrating it into educational settings and health promotion programs. The difficulty in addressing the concept of spirituality is related to both its association with denominational religion and our cultural emphasis on the material realm. However, some scholars are now associating spirituality with the development of human consciousness beyond the ego level. It has been suggested that the scientific investigation of this development beyond the ego may be possible with empirical and phenomenological, as well as with traditional contemplative methods. Thus, investigation in the realms of consciousness beyond the ego can be addressed within theories of knowledge that are grounded in experience. An examination of the spirituality/consciousness relationship may be crucial for any profession that purports to address the health issues of the whole person. It may then be possible to more easily integrate spirituality into educational settings and health enhancement programs. If spirituality is part of human experience, then willingness to make forays into this dimension is fundamental to health. |
Publication | American Journal of Health Promotion: AJHP |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 273-281 |
Date | 1991 Mar-Apr |
Journal Abbr | Am J Health Promot |
ISSN | 0890-1171 |
Short Title | Exploring spirituality and consciousness with an expanded science |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10146837 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 17:16:30 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 10146837 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The difficulty in addressing the concept of spirituality is related to both its association with denominational religion and our cultural emphasis on the material realm. However, some scholars are now associating spirituality with the development of human consciousness beyond the ego level. It has been suggested that the scientific investigation of this development beyond the ego may be possible with empirical and phenomenological, as well as with traditional contemplative methods. It may then be possible to more easily integrate spirituality into educational settings and health enhancement programs.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | David Feinstein |
Author | Donna Eden |
Abstract | The current status of energy medicine and its increasing challenge to the biochemical paradigm that has dominated conventional medicine are reviewed. Although energy medicine represents only a small fraction of 1% of the $2.2 trillion healthcare industry, 6 properties of energy medicine give it strengths that could augment conventional health care models. These include the ways energy medicine (1) can address biological processes at their energetic foundations (reach), (2) regulates biological processes with precision, speed, and flexibility (efficiency), (3) fosters health and prevents illness with interventions that can be readily, economically, and noninvasively applied (practicality), (4) includes methods that can be used on an at-home, self-help basis, fostering a stronger patient-practitioner partnership in the healing process (patient empowerment), (5) adopts non-linear concepts consistent with distant healing, the healing impact of prayer, and the role of intention in healing (quantum compatibility), and (6) strengthens the integration of body, mind, and spirit, leading not only to a focus on healing, but to achieving greater well-being, peace, and passion for life (holistic orientation). |
Publication | Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 44-54 |
Date | 2008 Jan-Feb |
Journal Abbr | Altern Ther Health Med |
ISSN | 1078-6791 |
Short Title | Six pillars of energy medicine |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18251321 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 18:41:04 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 18251321 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The current status of energy medicine and its increasing challenge to the biochemical paradigm that has dominated conventional medicine are reviewed. Although energy medicine represents only a small fraction of 1% of the $2.2 trillion healthcare industry, 6 properties of energy medicine give it strengths that could augment conventional health care models.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kenneth F. Ferraro |
Author | Cynthia M. Albrecht-Jensen |
Abstract | The effect of religion on health status was examined with a national sample of noninstitutionalized adults. Particular attention was given to assessing the effects of religious affiliation and religiosity -- especially practice -- on subjective health status. Respondents of all ages with a more conservative religious affiliation manifested poorer health than did those with a more liberal affiliation. However, higher levels of religious practice were positively associated with better health, regardless of age. The results show that religion may have both positive and negative effects on health, although in this research the positive effect was stronger. |
Publication | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 193-202 |
Date | Jun., 1991 |
ISSN | 00218294 |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1387213 |
Accessed | Fri Sep 25 12:01:05 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jun., 1991 / Copyright © 1991 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The effect of religion on health status was examined with a national sample of noninstitutionalized adults. Particular attention was given to assessing the effects of religious affiliation and religiosity -- especially practice -- on subjective health status. Respondents of all ages with a more conservative religious affiliation manifested poorer health than did those with a more liberal affiliation. However, higher levels of religious practice were positively associated with better health, regardless of age. The results show that religion may have both positive and negative effects on health, although in this research the positive effect was stronger.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kenneth F. Ferraro |
Author | Jessica A. Kelley-Moore |
Abstract | Research on people who identify themselves as having no religious preference, often referred to as "nones" or non-affiliates, indicates that many used to belong to a religious group or still have some level of religiosity. The purpose of this research is to determine if there are differences between religious affiliates and non-affiliates in whether physical or mental health problems spur religious seeking. Data from a national longitudinal survey, Americans' Changing Lives, Waves I and II, were used to examine whether physical and mental health problems precipitate religious consolation and attendance at religious services. While non-affiliates were generally less likely than affiliates to seek religious consolation, those with a stronger religious identity increased their religious seeking over time. Non-affiliates who more frequently attended religious services also increased their rate of attendance during the study. The findings provide little evidence, however, that physical or mental health factors increase religious consolation and attendance. Affiliates who had been diagnosed with cancer in the previous 12 months or had multiple chronic conditions were actually less likely to attend religious services. |
Publication | Review of Religious Research |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 229-251 |
Date | March 2001 |
DOI | 10.2307/3512568 |
ISSN | 0034673X |
Short Title | Religious Seeking among Affiliates and Non-Affiliates |
URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3512568 |
Accessed | Mon Sep 7 13:46:02 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Mar., 2001 / Copyright © 2001 Religious Research Association, Inc. |
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The purpose of this research is to determine if there are differences between religious affiliates and non-affiliates in whether physical or mental health problems spur religious seeking. Data from a national longitudinal survey, Americans’ Changing Lives, Waves I and II, were used to examine whether physical and mental health problems precipitate religious consolation and attendance at religious services. While non-affiliates were generally less likely than affiliates to seek religious consolation, those with a stronger religious identity increased their religious seeking over time. The findings provide little evidence, however, that physical or mental health factors increase religious consolation and attendance.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kenneth F. Ferraro |
Author | Jessica A. Kelley-Moore |
Abstract | While most religions provide a meaning system that helps people cope with personal problems, there has been relatively little research on how and why men and women seek religious consolation and comfort. Data from a national longitudinal survey, "Americans' Changing Lives, Waves I and II", were used to examine whether physical and mental health problems precipitate seeking religious consolation. The findings indicate that seeking religious consolation is most likely among those who identify with and practice a religion suggesting that religious consolation intensifies among religious persons. Chronic (non-serious) conditions were associated with increased religious seeking over time, and cancer was associated with higher religious seeking, especially among women. Depression was associated with greater seeking of religious consolation among both men and women. The results reveal clearly that women are more likely than men to seek religious consolation, but men seek religious consolation for a wider range of health and situational problems (e.g., unemployment). The findings also demonstrate the importance of considering the role of religious consolation in studies of religion and health. |
Publication | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 220-234 |
Date | Jun., 2000 |
ISSN | 00218294 |
Short Title | Religious Consolation among Men and Women |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1387504 |
Accessed | Fri Sep 25 12:04:29 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jun., 2000 / Copyright © 2000 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
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Data from a national longitudinal survey, “Americans’ Changing Lives, Waves I and II”, were used to examine whether physical and mental health problems precipitate seeking religious consolation. The findings indicate that seeking religious consolation is most likely among those who identify with and practice a religion suggesting that religious consolation intensifies among religious persons. The results reveal clearly that women are more likely than men to seek religious consolation, but men seek religious consolation for a wider range of health and situational problems (e.g., unemployment).
Type | Book |
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Author | Phil B Fontanarosa |
Place | Chicago, Ill |
Publisher | American Medical Association |
Date | 2000 |
ISBN | 1579470025 |
Short Title | Alternative Medicine |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
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With more than 650 science-based, peer-reviewed pages, this book offers balanced coverage on today's hottest topics in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Leading authors of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Archives journals provide an authoritative assessment of a broad range of topics. Topics include how CAM is used and understood, what constitutes CAM, and the evaluation of CAM.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | B. Gail Frankel |
Author | W. E. Hewitt |
Abstract | Social science research examining the relationship between religion and health has produced equivocal results, although evidence from more recent studies points toward a link between inward or intrinsic religion and both mental and physical well-being. This study offers a further examination of this emergent association by comparing the health status of two specific respondent groups drawn from a population of Canadian university students. The first consists of members of a range of campus Christian faith groups, and the second is a comparison or nonaffiliated group chosen from the student body at large. The results of the study reveal a positive relationship between faith group involvement and various aspects of health status, and thus support previous positive findings. At the same time, they reinforce the need for further research on the association between specific aspects of religiosity and well-being. |
Publication | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 33 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 62-73 |
Date | Mar., 1994 |
ISSN | 00218294 |
Short Title | Religion and Well-Being among Canadian University Students |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1386637 |
Accessed | Fri Sep 25 11:59:58 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Mar., 1994 / Copyright © 1994 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
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Social science research examining the relationship between religion and health has produced equivocal results, although evidence from more recent studies points toward a link between inward or intrinsic religion and both mental and physical well-being. This study offers a further examination of this emergent association by comparing the health status of two specific respondent groups drawn from a population of Canadian university students.The results of the study reveal a positive relationship between faith group involvement and various aspects of health status, and thus support previous positive findings.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | O Freedman |
Author | S Orenstein |
Author | P Boston |
Author | T Amour |
Author | J Seely |
Author | B M Mount |
Abstract | The four-volume corpus The Faith Factor, and Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health: A Consensus Report by Larson et al constitute the largest English-language review of research on spirituality and health. We have done a critique of the 329 systematic analyses of peer-reviewed research papers presented therein. The objectives were to determine if the Larson conclusions can be generalized; to document the understanding of the potential of qualitative research in assessing the spiritual domain; and to examine whether the definitions of religion and spirituality used by Larson et al correspond to those in general use. We conclude that their results cannot be generalized to other religious and cultural settings; that there is a need for more research focusing on age groups, cultures, religions, and clinical settings not adequately represented in studies to date; and that the need for more qualitative research methods justifies a detailed analysis of the use of qualitative methods in the studies reviewed by the Larson group. Finally, there is a need to establish a common vocabulary that bridges cultural and religious traditions, and facilitates clinical care, research, and teaching relating to spirituality, religion, and health. |
Publication | Annals (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 90-93 |
Date | Mar 2002 |
Journal Abbr | Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can |
ISSN | 0035-8800 |
Short Title | Spirituality, religion, and health |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12755127 |
Accessed | Thu Oct 22 16:25:19 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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The four-volume corpus The Faith Factor, and Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health: A Consensus Report by Larson et al constitute the largest English-language review of research on spirituality and health. We have done a critique of the 329 systematic analyses of peer-reviewed research papers presented therein. We conclude that their results cannot be generalized to other religious and cultural settings; that there is a need for more research focusing on age groups, cultures, religions, and clinical settings; and that the need for more qualitative research methods justifies a detailed analysis of the use of qualitative methods in the studies reviewed by the Larson group.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | R F Gillum |
Author | Dana E King |
Author | Thomas O Obisesan |
Author | Harold G Koenig |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: Few nationally representative cohort studies have appeared on frequency of attendance at religious services and mortality. We test the hypothesis that > weekly attendance compared with nonattendance at religious services is associated with lower probability of future mortality in such a study. METHODS: Data were analyzed from a longitudinal follow-up study of 8450 American men and women age 40 years and older who were examined from 1988 to 1994 and followed an average of 8.5 years. Measurements at baseline included self-reported frequency of attendance at religious services, sociodemographics, and health, physical and biochemical measurements. RESULTS: Death during follow-up occurred in 2058. After adjusting for confounding by baseline sociodemographics and health status, the hazards ratios (95% confidence limits) were never 1.00 (reference); < weekly 0.89 (0.75-1.04), p = 0.15; weekly 0.82 (0.71-0.94) p = 0.005; and > weekly attenders 0.70 (0.59-0.83), p < 0.001. Mediators, including health behaviors and inflammation, explained part of the association. CONCLUSIONS: In a nationwide cohort of Americans, predominantly Christians, analyses demonstrated a lower risk of death independent of confounders among those reporting religious attendance at least weekly compared to never. The association was substantially mediated by health behaviors and other risk factors. |
Publication | Annals of Epidemiology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 124-129 |
Date | Feb 2008 |
Journal Abbr | Ann Epidemiol |
DOI | 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.10.015 |
ISSN | 1047-2797 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18083539 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 18:23:37 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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Objective: We test the hypothesis that weekly attendance compared with nonattendance at religious services is associated with lower probability of future mortality in such a study. Methods: Data were analyzed from a longitudinal follow-up study of 8450 American men and women age 40 years and older who were examined from 1988 to 1994 and followed an average of 8.5 years. Conclusions: In a nationwide cohort of Americans, predominantly Christians, analyses demonstrated a lower risk of death independent of confounders among those reporting religious attendance at least weekly compared to never. The association was substantially mediated by health behaviors and other risk factors.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Julieanne Hilbers |
Author | Abby S. Haynes |
Author | Jennifer G. Kivikko |
Abstract | The relationship between spirituality/religion and health is receiving increasing academic interest, but few studies have explored the experience of Australians. This paper presents data from an exploratory survey of patients and families in a public teaching hospital in Sydney. The findings show that the majority of hospital service users: |
Publication | Australian Health Review: A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 3-10 |
Date | Feb 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Aust Health Rev |
DOI | 10.1071/AH09655 |
ISSN | 0156-5788 |
Short Title | Spirituality and health |
Accessed | Mon Mar 29 15:40:17 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20334749 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
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Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Joshua N Hook |
Author | Everett L Worthington |
Author | Don E Davis |
Author | David J Jennings |
Author | Aubrey L Gartner |
Author | Jan P Hook |
Abstract | This article evaluated the efficacy status of religious and spiritual (R/S) therapies for mental health problems, including treatments for depression, anxiety, unforgiveness, eating disorders, schizophrenia, alcoholism, anger, and marital issues. Religions represented included Christianity, Islam, Taoism, and Buddhism. Some studies incorporated a generic spirituality. Several R/S therapies were found to be helpful for clients, supporting the further use and research on these therapies. There was limited evidence that R/S therapies outperformed established secular therapies, thus the decision to use an R/S therapy may be an issue of client preference and therapist comfort. (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 66: 1-27, 2010. |
Publication | Journal of Clinical Psychology |
Date | Nov 10, 2009 |
Journal Abbr | J Clin Psychol |
DOI | 10.1002/jclp.20626 |
ISSN | 1097-4679 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19904806 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 17:03:45 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19904806 |
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This article evaluated the efficacy status of religious and spiritual (R/S) therapies for mental health problems, including treatments for depression, anxiety, unforgiveness, eating disorders, schizophrenia, alcoholism, anger, and marital issues. Religions represented included Christianity, Islam, Taoism, and Buddhism. Some studies incorporated a generic spirituality. Several R/S therapies were found to be helpful for clients, supporting the further use and research on these therapies. There was limited evidence that R/S therapies outperformed established secular therapies.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Malcolm Hooper |
Publication | BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) |
Volume | 324 |
Issue | 7342 |
Pages | 912 |
Date | Apr 13, 2002 |
Journal Abbr | BMJ |
ISSN | 1468-5833 |
Short Title | What do you think is a non-disease? |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11951907 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 21:21:23 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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This is a collection of responses by the editors of the British Medical Journal to questions regarding medicalisation and non-diseases.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Andrew J. Howell |
Author | Nancy L. Digdon |
Author | Karen Buro |
Abstract | On data from undergraduate students (n = 334), mindfulness predicted well-being both directly and indirectly through its association with self-regulation of sleep. Results are considered in terms of possible mechanisms underlying these associations and the nature of the self-regulation of sleep. |
Publication | Personality and Individual Differences |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 419-424 |
Date | 03/2010 |
Journal Abbr | Personality and Individual Differences |
DOI | 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.009 |
ISSN | 01918869 |
URL | http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0191886909004711 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Tim Huijts |
Author | Gerbert Kraaykamp |
Abstract | In the present study, the authors examine the extent to which effects of individual religious involvement on self-assessed health are influenced by the religious context (i.e., religious involvement at the country level). The authors test their expectations using individual level data (N = 127,257) on 28 countries from the European Social Surveys (2002-2008). Results of multilevel analyses show that individual religious attendance is positively related to self-assessed health in Europe. Protestants appear to feel healthier than Catholics. Moreover, modeling cross-level interactions demonstrates that religious denominations at the national level are influential: The health advantage of Protestants as compared to Catholics is greater as the percentage of Protestants in a country is higher, yet smaller as countries have a higher percentage of Catholics. The association between religious attendance and self-assessed health does not depend on the national level of religious attendance. |
Publication | Journal of Health and Social Behavior |
Volume | 52 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 91-106 |
Date | Mar 2011 |
Journal Abbr | J Health Soc Behav |
DOI | 10.1177/0022146510394950 |
ISSN | 0022-1465 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21362614 |
Accessed | Mon Apr 4 19:46:40 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:56:10 2011 |
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Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Karen Hwang |
Author | Joseph Hammer |
Author | Ryan Cragun |
Abstract | Claims about religion's beneficial effects on physical and psychological health have received substantial attention in popular media, but empirical support for these claims is mixed. Many of these claims are tenuous because they fail to address basic methodological issues relating to construct validity, sampling methods or analytical problems. A more conceptual problem has to do with the near universal lack of atheist control samples. While many studies include samples of individuals classified as "low spirituality" or religious "nones", these groups are heterogeneous and contain only a fraction of members who would be considered truly secular. We illustrate the importance of including an atheist control group whenever possible in the religiosity/spirituality and health research and discuss areas for further investigation. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Date | Oct 28, 2009 |
Journal Abbr | J Relig Health |
DOI | 10.1007/s10943-009-9296-0 |
ISSN | 1573-6571 |
Short Title | Extending Religion-Health Research to Secular Minorities |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19862619 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 20:14:13 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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Claims about religion’s beneficial effects on physical and psychological health have received substantial attention in popular media, but empirical support for these claims is mixed. Many of these claims are tenuous because they fail to address basic methodological issues relating to construct validity, sampling methods or analytical problems. A more conceptual problem has to do with the near universal lack of atheist control samples. We illustrate the importance of including an atheist control group whenever possible in the religiosity/spirituality and health research and discuss areas for further investigation.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Michael E Hyland |
Author | Adam W A Geraghty |
Author | Oliver E T Joy |
Author | Scott I Turner |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether absorption and spirituality predict the placebo response independently of expectancy. METHOD: This was an open study of self-treatment with self-selected Bach flower essences. Participants' expectancy of the effect of flower essences, attitudes to complementary medicine, holistic health beliefs, absorption, and spirituality were measured prior to treatment. One month after the start of treatment, participants responded to an e-mail enquiry about symptom change using a single seven-point change scale. RESULTS: One hundred sixteen participants (97 university undergraduates and 19 staff) completed all assessments. Spirituality and absorption together predicted additional variance compared with a cluster of expectancy measures comprising expectancy, attitude to complementary medicine, and holistic beliefs (increment in R(2)=.042, P=.032), and spirituality alone (but not absorption alone) predicted more additional variance than did the expectancy cluster (increment in R(2)=.043, P=.014). CONCLUSION: Our data are inconsistent with conventional explanations for the placebo effect. The mechanism underlying the placebo response is not fully understood. |
Publication | Journal of Psychosomatic Research |
Volume | 60 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 53-58 |
Date | Jan 2006 |
Journal Abbr | J Psychosom Res |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.073 |
ISSN | 0022-3999 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16380310 |
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Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 16380310 |
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To determine whether absorption and spirituality predict the placebo response independently of expectancy. Method: This was an open study of self-treatment with self-selected Bach flower essences. Participants’ expectancy of the effect of flower essences, attitudes to complementary medicine, holistic health beliefs, absorption, and spirituality were measured prior to treatment. Results: Spirituality and absorption together predicted additional variance compared with a cluster of expectancy measures comprising expectancy, attitude to complementary medicine, and holistic beliefs (increment in R(2)=.042, P=.032), and spirituality alone (but not absorption alone) predicted more additional variance than did the expectancy cluster (increment in R(2)=.043, P=.014). Conclusion: Our data are inconsistent with conventional explanations for the placebo effect. The mechanism underlying the placebo response is not fully understood.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | George K. Jarvis |
Author | Herbert C. Northcott |
Abstract | Religion and its effects on morbidity and mortality (with particular emphasis on mortality) are reviewed as are special issues which have in the past made the study of religion and death difficult. The morbidity and mortality experience of various religious groups is portrayed, including Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, the clergy, Seventh-day Adventists, Latter-day Saints, Parsis, Jehovah's Witnesses and Hutterites. Studies of religious effects on morbidity and mortality have broadened in focus from the study of specific health practices, or health-related behaviors, to include the study of social support, religious participation and health-related attitudes. Gaps in the literature are identified and a preliminary model of religion's effect on morbidity and mortality is discussed. |
Publication | Social Science & Medicine |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 813-824 |
Date | 1987 |
DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90039-6 |
ISSN | 0277-9536 |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/science/article/B6VBF-4665DNP-RW/2/c79dc72a7f4095785c6eae001e72cb98 |
Accessed | Fri Oct 30 15:39:10 2009 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
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Religion and its effects on morbidity and mortality (with particular emphasis on mortality) are reviewed as are special issues which have in the past made the study of religion and death difficult. The morbidity and mortality experience of various religious groups is portrayed. Studies of religious effects on morbidity and mortality have broadened to include the study of social support, religious participation and health-related attitudes. Gaps in the literature are identified and a preliminary model of religion’s effect on morbidity and mortality is discussed.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Brick Johnstone |
Abstract | The Spirituality and Health Research Project of the MU Center on Religion and the Professions is investigating the relationships that exist among religion, spirituality, and health for persons with heterogeneous medical conditions. Pilot studies indicate that spirituality and congregational support are related to health outcomes, but religious practices are not. Additional research indicates that spiritual experiences are related to diminished right parietal functioning (through meditation/ prayer or brain injury), which is associated with decreased sense of the self. Implications for health professionals are discussed. |
Publication | Missouri Medicine |
Volume | 106 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 141-144 |
Date | 2009 Mar-Apr |
Journal Abbr | Mo Med |
ISSN | 0026-6620 |
Short Title | Spirituality, religion and health outcomes research |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19397115 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 20:01:25 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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The Spirituality and Health Research Project of the MU Center on Religion and the Professions is investigating the relationships that exist among religion, spirituality, and health for persons with heterogeneous medical conditions. Pilot studies indicate that spirituality and congregational support are related to health outcomes, but religious practices are not. Additional research indicates that spiritual experiences are related to diminished right parietal functioning, which is associated with decreased sense of the self.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Meesha Joshi |
Author | Shirley Telles |
Abstract | Bilateral hand-grip strength was studied in 21 male volunteers (M age = 25.6 yr., SD = 5.2). All were assessed before and after five practice sessions of 20 min. duration: right-nostril yoga breathing, left-nostril yoga breathing, alternate-nostril yoga breathing, breath awareness, and a no-intervention session. Data were analyzed with analyses of variance and an analysis of variance using the no-breath awareness control condition as a covariate. There were no significant changes. The left-hand-grip strength reduced after left-nostril yoga breathing. However, findings were not considered significant, so methodological issues in yoga research which could contribute to null findings and even mask actual changes were discussed. |
Publication | Perceptual and Motor Skills |
Volume | 108 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 775-781 |
Date | Jun 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Percept Mot Skills |
ISSN | 0031-5125 |
Accessed | Tue Feb 22 18:40:13 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19725313 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ye-Ha Jung |
Author | Do-Hyung Kang |
Author | Joon Hwan Jang |
Author | Hye Yoon Park |
Author | Min Soo Byun |
Author | Soo Jin Kwon |
Author | Go-Eun Jang |
Author | Ul Soon Lee |
Author | Seung Chan An |
Author | Jun Soo Kwon |
Abstract | This study was designed to assess the association between stress, positive affect and catecholamine levels in meditation and control groups. The meditation group consisted of 67 subjects who regularly engaged in mind-body training of "Brain-Wave Vibration" and the control group consisted of 57 healthy subjects. Plasma catecholamine (norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E), and dopamine (DA)) levels were measured, and a modified form of the Stress Response Inventory (SRI-MF) and the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) were administered. The meditation group showed higher scores on positive affect (p=.019) and lower scores on stress (p<.001) compared with the control group. Plasma DA levels were also higher in the meditation (p=.031) than in the control group. The control group demonstrated a negative correlation between stress and positive affects (r=-.408, p=.002), whereas this correlation was not observed in the meditation group. The control group showed positive correlations between somatization and NE/E (r=.267, p=.045) and DA/E (r=.271, p=.042) ratios, whereas these correlations did not emerge in the meditation group. In conclusion, these results suggest that meditation as mind-body training is associated with lower stress, higher positive affect and higher plasma DA levels when comparing the meditation group with the control group. Thus, mind-body training may influence stress, positive affect and the sympathetic nervous system including DA activity. |
Publication | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 479 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 138-142 |
Date | Jul 26, 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Neurosci. Lett |
DOI | 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.048 |
ISSN | 1872-7972 |
Accessed | Tue Jul 27 12:06:20 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
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Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:03:23 2011 |
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Author | Michael N. Kane |
Abstract | This exploratory study investigated U.S. university students' perceptions (N = 186) and the predictor variables associated with their willingness to use clergy as a source of help. In the final regression analysis using the predicted variable of willingness to use clergy as a source of help (R = 0.816, R2= 0.665, Adjusted R2= 0.650), there were seven significant predictor variables: (a) trust of clergy, (b) empathic ability of clergy, (c) having previously sought help from clergy, (d) respondents' dominant/minority cultural identification, (e) attendance at religious services at least once a year, (f) believing that spiritual counselling is as effective as psychotherapy, and (g) receiving religious/spiritual education as a child. An eighth variable was retained in the final regression model because of its proximity to significance (Friendships between clergy and people, p = 0.051). Accusations against clergy and the belief that clergy are held to a higher standard did not predict willingness to use clergy as a source of help. A general linear model (F = 125.696, df = 10, p < 0.001) revealed that those who self-identified with Protestant Christianity, Catholic/Orthodox Christianity, and Judaism were more likely to consider seeking help from clergy than those who self-identified with another religious tradition (Hinduism, Islam, or Buddhism), or adherence to spiritual not religious belief. Further, those who self-identified as Jewish or Christian were also more like to perceive clergy as trustworthy and empathic. Finally, African American/Caribbean Black respondents were more likely than either Latino/Latino American respondents or European American respondents to seek help from clergy, to perceive clergy as empathic, and to believe that spiritual counselling is as effective as psychotherapy (F = 1495, df = 12, p < 0.001). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Publication | Mental Health, Religion & Culture |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 309-325 |
Date | April 2010 |
DOI | 10.1080/10371390903381106 |
ISSN | 13674676 |
Accessed | Fri May 7 15:27:44 2010 |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeremy D. Kark |
Author | Galia Shemi |
Author | Yechiel Friedlander |
Author | Oz Martin |
Author | Orly Manor |
Author | S. H. Blondheim |
Abstract | Objectives: This study assessed the association of Jewish religious observance with mortality by comparing religious and secular kibbutzim. These collectives are highly similar in social structure and economic function and are cohesive and supportive communities., Methods: In a 16-year (1970 through 1985) historical prospective study of mortality in 11 religious and 11 matched secular kibbutzim in Israel, 268 deaths occurred among 3900 men and women 35 years of age and older during 41 347 person-years of observation., Results: Mortality was considerably higher in secular kibbutzim. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to adjust for age and the matched design; rate ratios were 1.67 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.17, 2.39) for men, 2.67 (95% CI = 1.55, 4.60) for women, and 1.93 (95% CI = 1.44, 2.59) overall. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of birth cohorts confirmed the association. The lower mortality in religious kibbutzim was consistent for all major causes of death., Conclusions: Belonging to a religious collective was associated with a strong protective effect not attributable to confounding by sociodemographic factors. Elucidation of mechanisms mediating this effect may provide etiologic insights and leads for intervention. (Am J Public Health. 1996;86:341-346)., Copyright (C) 1996 by the American Public Health Association, Inc. |
Publication | Journal of Public Health March 1996 |
Volume | 86 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 341-346 |
Date | 1996 |
ISSN | 0090-0036 |
Short Title | Does Religious Observance Promote Health? |
Library Catalog | Ovid (Journals@Ovid) |
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In a 16-year historical prospective study of mortality in 11 religious and 11 matched secular kibbutzim in Israel, 268 deaths occurred among 3900 men and women 35 years of age and older during 41 347 person-years of observation. Mortality was considerably higher in secular kibbutzim. Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to adjust for age and the matched design;. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of birth cohorts confirmed the association. Conclusions: Belonging to a religious collective was associated with a strong protective effect not attributable to confounding by sociodemographic factors.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Prashant Kaul |
Author | Jason Passafiume |
Author | R. Craig Sargent |
Author | Bruce F. O'Hara |
Abstract | ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A number of benefits from meditation have been claimed by those who practice various traditions, but few have been well tested in scientifically controlled studies. Among these claims are improved performance and decreased sleep need. Therefore, in these studies we assess whether meditation leads to an immediate performance improvement on a well validated psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), and second, whether longer bouts of meditation may alter sleep need. METHODS: The primary study assessed PVT reaction times before and after 40 minute periods of mediation, nap, or a control activity using a within subject cross-over design. This study utilized novice meditators who were current university students (n=10). Novice meditators completed 40 minutes of meditation, nap, or control activities on six different days (two separate days for each condition), plus one night of total sleep deprivation on a different night, followed by 40 minutes of meditation. A second study examined sleep times in long term experienced meditators (n=7) vs. non-meditators (n=23). Experienced meditators and controls were age and sex matched and living in the Delhi region of India at the time of the study. Both groups continued their normal activities while monitoring their sleep and meditation times. RESULTS: Novice meditators were tested on the PVT before each activity, 10 minutes after each activity and one hour later. All ten novice meditators improved their PVT reaction times immediately following periods of meditation, and all but one got worse immediately following naps. Sleep deprivation produced a slower baseline reaction time (RT) on the PVT that still improved significantly following a period of meditation. In experiments with long-term experienced meditators, sleep duration was measured using both sleep journals and actigraphy. Sleep duration in these subjects was lower than control non-meditators and general population norms, with no apparent decrements in PVT scores. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that meditation provides at least a short-term performance improvement even in novice meditators. In long term meditators, multiple hours spent in meditation are associated with a significant decrease in total sleep time when compared with age and sex matched controls who did not meditate. Whether meditation can actually replace a portion of sleep or pay-off sleep debt is under further investigation. |
Publication | Behavioral and Brain Functions |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 47 |
Date | Jul 29, 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Behav Brain Funct |
DOI | 10.1186/1744-9081-6-47 |
ISSN | 1744-9081 |
Accessed | Tue Aug 3 17:00:39 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20670413 |
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Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Janice K Kiecolt-Glaser |
Author | Lisa Christian |
Author | Heather Preston |
Author | Carrie R Houts |
Author | William B Malarkey |
Author | Charles F Emery |
Author | Ronald Glaser |
Abstract | Objective: To address the mechanisms underlying hatha yoga's potential stress-reduction benefits, we compared inflammatory and endocrine responses of novice and expert yoga practitioners before, during, and after a restorative hatha yoga session, as well as in two control conditions. Stressors before each of the three conditions provided data on the extent to which yoga speeded an individual's physiological recovery. Methods: A total of 50 healthy women (mean age, 41.32 years; range, 30-65 years), 25 novices and 25 experts, were exposed to each of the conditions (yoga, movement control, and passive-video control) during three separate visits. Results: The yoga session boosted participants' positive affect compared with the control conditions, but no overall differences in inflammatory or endocrine responses were unique to the yoga session. Importantly, even though novices and experts did not differ on key dimensions, including age, abdominal adiposity, and cardiorespiratory fitness, novices' serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels were 41% higher than those of experts across sessions, and the odds of a novice having detectable C-reactive protein (CRP) were 4.75 times as high as that of an expert. Differences in stress responses between experts and novices provided one plausible mechanism for their divergent serum IL-6 data; experts produced less lipopolysaccharide-stimulated IL-6 in response to the stressor than novices, and IL-6 promotes CRP production. Conclusion: The ability to minimize inflammatory responses to stressful encounters influences the burden that stressors place on an individual. If yoga dampens or limits stress-related changes, then regular practice could have substantial health benefits. |
Publication | Psychosomatic Medicine |
Volume | 72 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 113-121 |
Date | Feb 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Psychosom Med |
DOI | 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181cb9377 |
ISSN | 1534-7796 |
Accessed | Sat Feb 20 12:31:04 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20064902 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Laura B Koenig |
Author | George E Vaillant |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The objective of the current study was to help clarify the previously ambiguous results concerning the relationship between church attendance and later physical health. DESIGN: The current study examined the effect of church attendance on 4 different indicators of later health in a sample of inner city men followed throughout their lifecourse. Measures of previous health status, mood, substance abuse, smoking, education, and social class were used as covariates in regression analyses predicting health at age 70 from church attendance at age 47. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Health at age 70 was assessed by 4 indicators: mortality, objective physical health, subjective physical health, and subjective well-being. RESULTS: Though church attendance was related to later physical health, this was only through indirect means, as both physical health and church attendance were associated with substance use and mood. However, findings do suggest a more direct link between church attendance and well-being. CONCLUSION: Indirect effects of church attendance on health were clearly observed, with alcohol use/dependence, smoking, and mood being possible mediators of the church attendance-health relationship. The effects of church attendance on more subjective ratings of health, however, may be more direct. |
Publication | Health Psychology: Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 117-124 |
Date | Jan 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Health Psychol |
DOI | 10.1037/a0012984 |
ISSN | 0278-6133 |
Accessed | Tue Feb 22 19:52:35 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19210025 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
The objective of the current study was to help clarify the previously ambiguous results concerning the relationship between church attendance and later physical health.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | H G Koenig |
Author | E Idler |
Author | S Kasl |
Author | J C Hays |
Author | L K George |
Author | M Musick |
Author | D B Larson |
Author | T R Collins |
Author | H Benson |
Publication | International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 123-131 |
Date | 1999 |
Journal Abbr | Int J Psychiatry Med |
ISSN | 0091-2174 |
Short Title | Religion, spirituality, and medicine |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10587810 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 20:30:22 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 10587810 |
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This article, although academic, makes a strong case for the relationship to faith and health. It functions, in part, as a response to an artcle by Sloan et al. that presented the skeptical side in the scientific debate on the religion-health relationship. The authors assert that Sloan et al. provide an overly negative review of many published studies.
Type | Book |
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Author | Shigehisa Kuriyama |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Zone Books |
Date | 1999 |
ISBN | 0942299884 |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | R723 .K87 1999 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
The Expressiveness of the Body meditates on the contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. It asks how this most basic of human realities came to be conceived by two sophisticated civilizations in radically diverging ways. And it seeks answers in fresh and unexpected topics, such as the history of tactile knowledge, the relationship between ways of seeing and ways of listening, and the evolution of bloodletting.
Type | Book |
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Contributor | David B Larson |
Contributor | James P Swyers |
Contributor | Michael E McCullough |
Contributor | Templeton Foundation |
Contributor | Scientific Progress in Spirituality Conference |
Place | Rockville, Md. |
Publisher | National Institute for Healthcare Research |
Date | 1998 |
Short Title | Scientific Research on Spirituality and Health |
Library Catalog | Library of Congress Catalog |
Call Number | BL65.M4 S35 1998 |
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This text is part of a four volume corpus that constitutes one of the largest English-language reviews of research on spirituality and health. It includes thick chapters on both physical and mental health.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | J Mark Lazenby |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: With increasing research on the role of religion and spirituality in the well-being of cancer patients, it is important to define distinctly the concepts that researchers use in these studies. METHOD: Using the philosophies of Frege and James, this essay argues that the terms "religion" and "spirituality" denote the same concept, a concept that is identified with the Peace/Meaning subscale of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp). RESULTS: The term "Religions" denotes the concept under which specific religious systems are categorized. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: This article shows how muddling these concepts causes researchers to make claims that their findings do not support, and it ends in suggesting that future research must include universal measures of the concept of religion/spirituality in order to investigate further the role of interventions in the spiritual care of people living with cancer. |
Publication | Palliative & Supportive Care |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 469-476 |
Date | Dec 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Palliat Support Care |
DOI | 10.1017/S1478951510000374 |
ISSN | 1478-9523 |
Short Title | On "spirituality," "religion," and "religions" |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/20875214 |
Accessed | Tue Jan 18 19:05:16 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20875214 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:58:46 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:58:46 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jerry W Lee |
Author | Kelly R Morton |
Author | James Walters |
Author | Denise L Bellinger |
Author | Terry L Butler |
Author | Colwick Wilson |
Author | Eric Walsh |
Author | Christopher G Ellison |
Author | Monica M McKenzie |
Author | Gary E Fraser |
Abstract | In The Secrets of Long Life in the National Geographic1 Buettner explored longevity among three communities in Sardinia Italy, Okinawa Japan, and Loma Linda California. Loma Linda is largely a community of 7th-day Adventists. In 1969 initial research2 found that among individuals surviving past age 35 Adventist women in California lived 3.7 years longer than their counterparts and Adventist men 6.2 years longer. In a later, larger California sample3 the differences were even stronger—4.4 years for women and 7.3 years for men. Exercise, vegetarian diet, not smoking, eating nuts and social support have been found to predict longevity in Adventists.4 Yet even when these and several psychological variables are controlled church attendance still predicts greater longevity.5 Interest has been increasing regarding the association of both mental and physical health with religion or spirituality.6 There have been a number of literature reviews that have concluded that the associations of religion and . . . |
Publication | International Journal of Epidemiology |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 1470-1478 |
Date | Dec 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Int J Epidemiol |
DOI | 10.1093/ije/dyn244 |
ISSN | 1464-3685 |
Short Title | Cohort profile |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/19052114 |
Accessed | Mon Dec 28 12:11:31 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19052114 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:55 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:55 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeff Levin |
Abstract | After years of marginality, research on religion and health is entering the academic mainstream. Scholarship on this topic has evolved into a large, productive field. As in any emerging field, there are competing visions for what the field should be about and what research questions should be pursued. Different opinions exist as to which constructs should be researched. Words like religion, spirituality, faith, and prayer, and health, healing, medicine, and healthcare, imply different things. The study of their various interconnections can thus take myriad forms. This article argues for a welcoming approach open to the widest range of research subjects. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 125-145 |
Date | Jun 2009 |
Journal Abbr | J Relig Health |
DOI | 10.1007/s10943-009-9243-0 |
ISSN | 1573-6571 |
Short Title | "And let us make us a name" |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291406 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 19:56:25 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19291406 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
After years of marginality, research on religion and health is entering the academic mainstream. Scholarship on this topic has evolved into a large, productive field. Different opinions exist as to which constructs should be researched. Words like religion, spirituality, faith, and prayer, and health, healing, medicine, and healthcare, imply different things. This article argues for a welcoming approach open to the widest range of research subjects.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeff Levin |
Abstract | This paper presents, for the first time, a comprehensive scholarly examination of the history and principles of major traditions of esoteric healing. After a brief conceptual overview of esoteric religion and healing, summaries are provided of eight major esoteric traditions, including descriptions of beliefs and practices related to health, healing, and medicine. These include what are termed the kabbalistic tradition, the mystery school tradition, the gnostic tradition, the brotherhoods tradition, the Eastern mystical tradition, the Western mystical tradition, the shamanic tradition, and the new age tradition. Next, commonalities across these traditions are summarized with respect to beliefs and practices related to anatomy and physiology; nosology and etiology; pathophysiology; and therapeutic modalities. Finally, the implications of this survey of esoteric healing are discussed for clinicians, biomedical researchers, and medical educators. |
Publication | Explore (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 101-112 |
Date | 2008 Mar-Apr |
Journal Abbr | Explore (NY) |
DOI | 10.1016/j.explore.2007.12.003 |
ISSN | 1550-8307 |
Short Title | Esoteric healing traditions |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18316053 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 18:46:30 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 18316053 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
This paper presents a comprehensive scholarly examination of the history and principles of major traditions of esoteric healing. After a brief conceptual overview of esoteric religion and healing, summaries are provided of eight major esoteric traditions, including descriptions of beliefs and practices related to health, healing, and medicine. These include what are termed the kabbalistic tradition, the mystery school tradition, the gnostic tradition, the brotherhoods tradition, the Eastern mystical tradition, the Western mystical tradition, the shamanic tradition, and the new age tradition. Commonalities across these traditions are summarized. The implications of this survey of esoteric healing are discussed for clinicians, biomedical researchers, and medical educators.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeffrey S. Levin |
Author | Preston L. Schiller |
Abstract | This paper reviews epidemiologic studies employing religion as an independent construct, and finds that most epidemiologists have an extremely limited appreciation of religion. After a historical overview of empirical religion and health research, some theoretical considerations are offered, followed by clarification of several operational and methodological issues. Next, well over 200 studies are reviewed from nine health-related areas: cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, colitis and enteritis, general health status, general mortality, cancer of the uterine corpus and cervix, all other non-uterine cancers, morbidity and mortality in the clergy, and cancer in India. Finally, an agenda for further research is proposed. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 9-36 |
Date | March 01, 1987 |
DOI | 10.1007/BF01533291 |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01533291 |
Accessed | Fri Oct 30 15:02:42 2009 |
Library Catalog | SpringerLink |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
This paper reviews epidemiological studies employing religion as an independent construct, and finds that most epidemiologists have an extremely limited appreciation of religion. Well over 200 studies are reviewed from nine health-related areas: cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, colitis and enteritis, general health status, general mortality, cancer of the uterine corpus and cervix, all other non-uterine cancers, morbidity and mortality in the clergy, and cancer in India. Finally, an agenda for further research is proposed.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeffrey S. Levin |
Author | Harold Y. Vanderpool |
Abstract | Although hundreds of published studies have addressed the effects of religion on morbidity and mortality, many investigators may be unaware of this literature. This paper begins with an analysis of an important subset of these studies--those 27 which operationalize [`]religiosity' as religious attendance-- and which, taken as a whole, point to a consistent salutary effect for frequent attendance. Upon identifying several pervasive epistemological, methodological, and analytical problems with these studies, however, this paper shows that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that religious attendance is positively and significantly related to health. Nevertheless, the authors present a theoretical basis for expecting such associations. This framework is included in a brief primer on religion for epidemiologists and other sociomedical scientists interested in exploring the health-related effects of religious factors. Finally, a possible scenario for the development of an epidemiology of religion is discussed. |
Publication | Social Science & Medicine |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 589-600 |
Date | 1987 |
DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90063-3 |
ISSN | 0277-9536 |
Short Title | Is frequent religious attendance really conducive to better health? |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/science/article/B6VBF-4656DS5-9Y/2/5cc3633eb0d869443f66878f945716a3 |
Accessed | Sat Oct 17 14:32:38 2009 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Although hundreds of published studies have addressed the effects of religion on morbidity and mortality, many investigators may be unaware of this literature. Upon identifying several pervasive epistemological, methodological, and analytical problems with these studies, however, this paper shows that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that religious attendance is positively and significantly related to health. Nevertheless, the authors present a theoretical basis for expecting such associations.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jeffrey S. Levin |
Author | Thomas A. Glass |
Author | Lawrence H. Kushi |
Author | John R. Schuck |
Author | Lea Steele |
Author | Wayne B. Jonas |
Publication | Medical Care |
Volume | 35 |
Issue | 11 |
Pages | 1079-1094 |
Date | Nov., 1997 |
ISSN | 00257079 |
Short Title | Quantitative Methods in Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/3767471 |
Accessed | Tue Oct 13 00:57:18 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Nov., 1997 / Copyright © 1997 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
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This article summarizes the deliberations of the Quantitative Methods Working Group convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in support of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. This article shows how the working group produced a "methodological manifesto," a summary list of seven recommended methodological guidelines for research on alternative medicine. The authors conclude that established methodologies and data-analytic procedures are quite satisfactory for addressing major questions related to alternative medicine.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Omar Lizardo |
Author | Jessica L. Collett |
Abstract | In this short response, we selectively address some of the key issues and criticisms raised by our esteemed commenters. First, we our standpoint vis à vis “biological” arguments, underscoring that our article is not to be read as hostile to all forms of explanations that incorporate biology into the explanation of religious behavior and belief, but only against those explanations that attempt to imply that socialization plays no role (“the it's all biology” argument). Second, we the explanatory scope of our proposal by showing that our argument is not vulnerable to the “simpler” counterexplanation proposed by Hoffmann. Finally, we where our contributions fit in terms of more encompassing arguments regarding the operation of gender and gendering processes as multicausal, multilevel phenomena, as well as explicitly stating our perspective on the role that “risk” should play in the explanation of religious behavior and belief. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Publication | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 256-259 |
Date | June 2009 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01445.x |
ISSN | 00218294 |
Short Title | Rescuing the Baby from the Bathwater |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Frederic Luskin |
Abstract | This paper explores the clinical use of transformative practices that arose from the varied religious traditions of the world. Examples include prayer, meditation, mantra, affirmation, tai chi, and yoga. The purpose of these practices was to lead the practitioner to long term spiritual transformation toward an enhanced awareness of spirit, and a corresponding diminishment of identification with the mental and physical aspects of life. Unfortunately, the vagueness of the definition of transformation demonstrates that it is a broad and diffuse multidimensional concept difficult to quantify and resistant to rigorous research. However, these spiritual practices, offered as interventions separate from their spiritual tradition, have begun to be evaluated to document their effect on psychological and physical well-being. Currently, there are a number of well-designed studies that attest to the health-enhancing and suffering-reducing benefits derived from religiously transformative practices. There also is research, although sporadic and mostly on forgiveness, slowly emerging to show that prosocial positive emotion skills can be taught, and when measured, demonstrate benefit. Randomized trials of transformative practices are needed to help all levels of the health care system focus their attention on the manifestations and effect of the care delivered. |
Publication | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume | 10 Suppl 1 |
Pages | S15-23 |
Date | 2004 |
Journal Abbr | J Altern Complement Med |
ISSN | 1075-5535 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15630819 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 14:17:38 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 15630819 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
This paper explores the clinical use of transformative practices that arose from the varied religious traditions of the world. Examples include prayer, meditation, mantra, affirmation, tai chi, and yoga. The purpose of these practices was to lead the practitioner to long term spiritual transformation toward an enhanced awareness of spirit, and a corresponding diminishment of identification with the mental and physical aspects of life. Currently, there are a number of well-designed studies that attest to the health-enhancing and suffering-reducing benefits derived from religiously transformative practices.
Type | Book |
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Author | Ferenc Margitics |
Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
Date | 2009-10 |
ISBN | 1608760049 |
Short Title | Handbook of New Spiritual Consciousness |
Library Catalog | Amazon.com |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:05:21 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:05:21 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kevin S. Masters |
Author | Andrea Knestel |
Abstract | This empirical study was designed as the first to describe the distribution of the four religious orientation types in the general population, based on Allport and Ross's Intrinsic/Extrinsic typology, and to test whether differences in health status and health relevant behaviors based on religious type exist. Throughout 2005-2006 individuals (N = 157) were randomly telephoned and administered a measure of religious orientation. They reported health status, height/weight, use of tobacco and alcohol, and engagement in aerobic exercise. All four religious orientation types were represented (Intrinsic = 19.1%, Extrinsic = 22.3%, Pro-religious = 36.9%, Non-religious = 21.7%). Intrinsic and Non-religious types reported the most favorable health perceptions and lowest body mass indexes. Intrinsic and Pro-religious types were least likely to smoke tobacco or drink alcohol. Religious orientation is a useful construct pertaining to health status and health relevant behaviors and further demonstrates the multidimensional nature of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Publication | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 63-76 |
Date | Jan-Mar2011 January 2011 |
DOI | 10.1080/10508619.2011.532450 |
ISSN | 10508619 |
Short Title | Religious Orientation Among a Random Sample of Community-Dwelling Adults |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:57:35 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:57:35 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Dale A. Matthews |
Author | Michael E. McCullough |
Author | David B. Larson |
Author | Harold G. Koenig |
Author | James P. Swyers |
Author | Mary Greenwold Milano |
Abstract | The empirical literature from epidemiological and clinical studies regarding the relationship between religious factors (eg, frequency of religious attendance, private religious involvement, and relying on one's religious beliefs as a source of strength and coping) and physical and mental health status in the areas of prevention, coping, and recovery was reviewed. Empirical studies from the published literature that contained at least 1 measure of subjects' religious commitment and at least 1 measure of their physical or mental health status were used. In particular, studies that examined the role of religious commitment or religious involvement in the prevention of illness, coping with illnesses that have already arisen, and recovery from illness were highlighted. A large proportion of published empirical data suggest that religious commitment may play a beneficial role in preventing mental and physical illness, improving how people cope with mental and physical illness, and facilitating recovery from illness. However, much still remains to be investigated with improved studies that are specially designed to investigate the connection between religious involvement and health status. Nevertheless, the available data suggest that practitioners who make several small changes in how patients' religious commitments are broached in clinical practice may enhance health care outcomes. |
Publication | Arch Fam Med |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 118-124 |
Date | March 1, 1998 |
DOI | 10.1001/archfami.7.2.118 |
Short Title | Religious Commitment and Health Status |
URL | http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/2/118 |
Accessed | Fri Oct 30 15:12:24 2009 |
Library Catalog | HighWire |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The empirical literature from epidemiological and clinical studies regarding the relationship between religious factors and physical and mental health status in the areas of prevention, coping, and recovery was reviewed. A large proportion of published empirical data suggest that religious commitment may play a beneficial role in preventing mental and physical illness, improving how people cope with mental and physical illness, and facilitating recovery from illness.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | J L McBride |
Author | G Arthur |
Author | R Brooks |
Author | L Pilkington |
Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The relationship between spirituality and health is a new frontier in medicine. This study is a preliminary investigation into the relationship between a patient's experience of overall health, physical pain, and intrinsic spirituality. METHODS: We used a stratified, random sample of 462 patients at a family practice residency clinic. The Index of Core Spiritual Experiences (INSPIRIT) measured intrinsic spirituality, and Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Charts measured overall health and pain. Pearson correlations tested the association between health, pain, and spirituality. Patient scores on the INSPIRIT were then placed into three groups (high, medium, and low levels of intrinsic spirituality). ANOVA tested for significant differences in health and pain. RESULTS: We collected information from 442 of the patients surveyed (95%). We found significant correlation between patient health and spirituality. Significant differences were also found in both overall health and physical pain, based on the three levels of spirituality. Gender differences were only significant for overall health, not for patient pain. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest an association between intrinsic spirituality and a patient's experience of health and pain. Assessment of spirituality may be important for family physicians to consider as a supplement to patient interviews. |
Publication | Family Medicine |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 122-126 |
Date | Feb 1998 |
Journal Abbr | Fam Med |
ISSN | 0742-3225 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9494803 |
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This study is a preliminary investigation into the relationship between a patient’s experience of overall health, physical pain, and intrinsic spirituality. Methods: We used a stratified, random sample of 462 patients at a family practice residency clinic. The Index of Core Spiritual Experiences (INSPIRIT) measured intrinsic spirituality, and Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Charts measured overall health and pain. Pearson correlations tested the association between health, pain, and spirituality. Results: We found significant correlation between patient health and spirituality.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Cynthia M McKnight |
Author | Stephanie Juillerat |
Abstract | CONTEXT Treating both the body and the mind of an injured or ill patient is accepted as necessary for full healing to occur. However, treating the spiritual needs of the patient has less consensus. OBJECTIVE To determine the perceptions and practices of certified athletic trainers (ATs) working in the college/university setting pertaining to spiritual care of the injured athlete. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING A survey instrument was e-mailed to a stratified random sample of 2000 ATs at 4-year colleges and universities. Patients or Other Participants: Five hundred sixty-four Main Outcome Measure(s): We measured the ATs' perceptions and practices related to spiritual care for athletes. RESULTS We found that 82.4% of respondents agreed that addressing spiritual concerns could result in more positive therapeutic outcomes for athletes; however, 64.3% disagreed that ATs are responsible for providing the spiritual care. Positive correlations were found between personal spirituality and items favoring implementing spiritual care. CONCLUSIONS Athletic trainers have a conceptual appreciation of the importance of spiritual care for athletes, but the practicalities of how to define, acquire skills in, and practice spiritual care are unresolved. |
Publication | Journal of Athletic Training |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 303-311 |
Date | 2011 |
Journal Abbr | J Athl Train |
ISSN | 1938-162X |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669101 |
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Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 21669101 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:53:56 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:53:56 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | V Messerli-Rohrbach |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The use of complementary medicine is increasing in the countries of the West. To find out the reason for this, research concentrated on the patients' demands for these methods, on their dissatisfaction with conventional medicine, and on their health conceptions. Quantitative research into the influence of attitudes and convictions in a broader sense on the use of complementary medicine are lacking, but would be of interest. QUESTIONS: This article aims to throw light on the specific question of whether materialistic or postmaterialistic values and spiritual preferences correlate with the use of unconventional medical methods. METHOD: Within the framework of the Swiss National Research Programme 34: 'Complementary Medicine', 3,077 and 2,276 Swiss residents were interviewed by telephone in 1995 and 1996, respectively, about their use of the medical system as well as about their attitudes towards materialism and spirituality. RESULTS: Hypotheses were confirmed: Attitudes and convictions influence the use of complementary medicine. Postmaterialists and interviewees who tended to agree with neoreligious statements used complementary medicine significantly more frequently than materialists and interviewees who tended to disagree with neoreligiosity or who tended towards traditional Christian values. CONCLUSIONS: Further research should concentrate on the interaction of different attitudes and convictions in order to learn more about the background of the growing trend towards complementary medicine. Another important conclusion is that the so-called health market is not simply subject to supply and demand, and cannot be regulated by marketing means alone. |
Publication | Forschende Komplementärmedizin Und Klassische Naturheilkunde = Research in Complementary and Natural Classical Medicine |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 183-189 |
Date | Aug 2000 |
Journal Abbr | Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd |
ISSN | 1424-7364 |
Short Title | Personal values and medical preferences |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11025393 |
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This article aims to throw light on the specific question of whether materialistic or postmaterialistic values and spiritual preferences correlate with the use of unconventional medical methods. Method: 3,077 and 2,276 Swiss residents were interviewed by telephone in 1995 and 1996, respectively, about their use of the medical system as well as about their attitudes towards materialism and spirituality. Results: Postmaterialists and interviewees who tended to agree with neoreligious statements used complementary medicine significantly more frequently than materialists and interviewees who tended to disagree with neoreligiosity or who tended towards traditional Christian values.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Sussan Namini |
Author | Claudia Appel |
Author | Ralph Jürgensen |
Author | Sebastian Murken |
Abstract | Ongoing public discussion about the consequences of membership in new religious movements (NRMs) and the lack of studies concerning the relationship between the fit of the person with his or her NRM and well-being together call for a theoretically based investigation of the phenomenon. Hence, this German study on new members of three NRMs applied person–environment fit theory to investigate whether the fit between persons’ needs for autonomy and relatedness, on the one hand, and the commensurate supplies of the groups, on the other, are related to well-being and mental health. The regression model following Edwards (1994) predicted satisfaction with religious affiliation, mental health, and depression, but not life satisfaction and anxiety. Results indicate that, for autonomy and relatedness, well-being measures tend to decrease as supplies exceed needs. Little support was found for a moderator effect of centrality of religiosity. Overall, findings encourage the application of person–environment fit theory to the study of membership in (new) religious groups and call for further research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |
Publication | Applied Psychology: An International Review |
Volume | 59 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 181-201 |
Date | April 2010 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00377.x |
ISSN | 0269-994X |
Short Title | How is well-being related to membership in new religious movements? |
Accessed | Fri May 7 15:28:09 2010 |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:19 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:19 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Shondrah Tarrezz Nash |
Author | Latonya Hesterberg |
Abstract | Through narrative, the authors examine the coping activities of three Christian women to learn how they used religion to organize actions intended to end spouse abuse. Findings suggest an apparent creative attempt to stop violation. Respondents formed coping strategies from biblical archetypes that resembled their oppression and clued a method to its end. However, their responses encouraged ownership of spousal change and impeded removal of violation. Given these confines, the authors address why religion became an important resource. A discussion on legal and cultural views surrounding abused women’s responses and the contextual factors that limit but do not preclude acts of subversion is given. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |
Publication | Violence Against Women |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 340-361 |
Date | March 2009 |
DOI | 10.1177/1077801208330437 |
ISSN | 1077-8012 |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Amanda Nicholson |
Author | Richard Rose |
Author | Martin Bobak |
Abstract | Objective: Existing evidence on the relationship between religious involvement and health indicates that organizational religious involvement, such as attendance at services, is associated with better health. Findings concerning other dimensions of religious involvement, such as prayer, are inconsistent and analyses often neglect the potential influence of other correlated dimensions. Design: Using cross-sectional data from 22 diverse European countries in the European Social Survey, including 18,129 men and 21,205 women, three dimensions of religious involvement (frequency of attendance at religious services; frequency of private prayer; self-assessment as a religious person) were studied. Main Outcome Measure: Poor self-rated health (SRH). Results: When analyzed separately, less frequent attendance was associated with poor health in men and women. Associations were weaker with less frequent prayer and lower religiousness. In models with all dimensions together, the association with attendance was strengthened and prayer became significantly inversely associated with health. Conclusions: The frequency of attendance at religious services and private prayer had opposite associations with self-rated health, resulting in negative confounding. These results are consistent with social contact being important in any health benefits from religious involvement and highlight the importance of using multidimensional measures. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). (from the journal abstract) |
Publication | Health Psychology |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 227-235 |
Date | March 2010 |
DOI | 10.1037/a0018036 |
ISSN | 0278-6133 |
Accessed | Wed Mar 24 16:23:07 2010 |
Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Vili Nosa |
Author | Malakai Ofanoa |
Abstract | Kava consumption is a very popular practise amongst Pacific people especially amongst the Tongan communities. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key cultural, social and medicinal elements of kava use amongst Tongan men. Twelve face to face interviews in this study were undertaken. The paper argues that kava drinking is strongly linked to many of the ceremonial, social and cultural obligations that are deeply embedded within the Tongan culture. The positive uses of kava include medicinal purposes, male bonding, alternative to alcohol consumption, reaffirming and establishing relationships amongst other Tongan men, The men also stated negative uses of kava such as it made them lazy, tired so they were not able to go to work, a lack of sexual activities by being too tired have sex with their partners, and very expensive to buy in New Zealand. AIM: The aim of this paper is to discuss and examine the social, cultural and medicinal kava use amongst twelve Tongan born men living in Auckland, New Zealand. METHODS: The study used qualitative methods, specifically individual interviews were conducted in Tongan or English. Participants were recruited through community networks in Auckland. A number of Tongan churches, Tongan medical clinics such as Langimailie, and kava clubs were approached to recruit participants. The open ended interview schedule covered themes such as access, quantity, frequency, and problems associated with kava use. The interviews were conducted by a Tongan researcher either in English or Tongan. All interviews were translated and transcribed into English. A thematic analysis based on multiple readings of the transcripts was used The analysis identified commonalities and differences. The study was granted ethical approval by the University of Auckland Human Subjects Ethics Committee in December 2004. Interviews were conducted at the beginning of 2005. Interviews were undertaken in a place where the participants felt comfortable. Interview times were arranged at a time convenient for the participants. All participants were given information sheets prior to interviews, and participants were asked to sign consent forms before the interviews commenced. These forms were provided in Tongan and English versions. Most of the interviews ranged between one to three hours. Interviews were audiotaped, and confidentiality was maintained throughout the research. PARTICIPANTS: Twelve men were interviewed. All participants were Tongan men born and raised in Tonga. The ages of men ranged between 30 and 75 years. Most of the men had been residing in New Zealand for over 30 years, although some men had only been in New Zealand between 2-18 years. Most of the men were employed and a few had retired from work. Most of these men also belonged to a church. All of the men who participated were married. |
Publication | Pacific Health Dialog |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 96-102 |
Date | Feb 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Pac Health Dialog |
ISSN | 1015-7867 |
Accessed | Tue Feb 22 18:45:06 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19585739 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:07:00 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | M Ogata |
Author | M Ikeda |
Author | M Kuratsune |
Abstract | A cohort study was done on 1396 deaths seen among 4352 Japanese male Zen priests during a follow up period from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1978. Standardised mortality ratios were computed for major causes of death by comparing with the counterparts of the general Japanese male population. The SMR for all causes of death was 0.82 (p less than 0.001) and the SMR values for cerebrovascular diseases, pneumonia and bronchitis, peptic ulcer, liver cirrhosis, cancer of the respiratory organs, and cancer of the lung were all significantly smaller than unity. Taking regional mortality differences into account, a similar computation was made dividing the cohort into two subcohorts--that is, the priests living in eastern Japan and those in western Japan. Both subcohorts showed a highly significantly smaller SMR than unity for all causes of death. With the exception of only a few causes of death for which the observed number of deaths was small, they also showed such reduced SMRs for nearly all of the causes of death tested. A questionnaire survey on the current life style of active priests showed that they smoke less, eat less, meat and fish as they follow the more traditional Japanese dietary habits, and live in less polluted areas, but their drinking habits do not differ much from that of the average Japanese adult man. Possible reasons for their reduced mortality are discussed. |
Publication | J Epidemiol Community Health |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 161-166 |
Date | June 1, 1984 |
DOI | 10.1136/jech.38.2.161 |
URL | http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/2/161 |
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Library Catalog | HighWire |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
A cohort study was done on 1396 deaths seen among 4352 Japanese male Zen priests during a follow up period from 1 January 1955 to 31 December 1978. Taking regional mortality differences into account, the cohort was divided into two subcohorts--that is, the priests living in eastern Japan and those in western Japan. Both subcohorts showed a highly significantly smaller SMR than unity for all causes of death.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kenneth I. Pargament |
Author | June Hahn |
Abstract | Health-related situations pose a particular challenge to the need to find justice, meaning and control in life. This study points to the rich and varied ways that attributions to God are integrated into attempts to maintain meaningful views of the world and to cope with the world. A sample of 124 undergraduates was presented with four health-related situations depicting responsible or irresponsible behavior followed by a positive or negative outcome They then responded to causal and coping attribution items. As predicted, attributions to God's will, God's love and God's anger were greater in noncontingent/ unjust, positive outcome, and negative outcome situations respectively. Attributions to God's will appeared to represent a benign, external, alternative explanation to chance attributions. The results also support the view that people turn to God for help in coping more commonly as a source of support during stress than as a moral guide or as an antidote to an unjust world. Generally, these findings underscore the need for further integration of religious concepts into the general attribution and coping literatures Heath-related situations present a particular challenge to the need to find justice, meaning and control in life. This study demonstrates the important function that attributions to God serve in helping people maintain a belief in a just world and to cope with the world. Across the different health situations, a rich and varied set of causal attributions was made to God, ranging from a loving God who rewards good behavior, to a benevolent God whose will accounts for less easily understood situations, to an angry God who provides just punishment for personal sins. While diverse, each of these attributions could be seen as an attempt to establish a meaningful world view. The tendency to turn to God for assistance more frequently in situations involving negative than positive outcomes also appears to reflect this desire for a controllable justice. |
Publication | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 193-207 |
Date | June 1986 |
DOI | Article |
ISSN | 00218294 |
Short Title | God and the Just World |
URL | http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=pbh&AN=4899411&… |
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Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
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Accession Number: 4899411; Source Information: Jun86, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p193; Subject Term: GOD -- Attributes; Subject Term: GOD -- Incomparability; Subject Term: GOD -- Simplicity; Subject Term: SUFFERING of God; Subject Term: SUPERNATURAL beings; Subject Term: RELIGION; Number of Pages: 15p; Illustrations: 2 charts, 2 graphs; Document Type: Article
This study points to the rich and varied ways that attributions to God are integrated into attempts to maintain meaningful views of the world and to cope with the world. A sample of 124 undergraduates was presented with four health-related situations depicting responsible or irresponsible behavior followed by a positive or negative outcome. As predicted, attributions to God’s will, God’s love and God’s anger were greater in noncontingent/ unjust, positive outcome, and negative outcome situations respectively
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Deidre B Pereira |
Author | Lisa M Christian |
Author | Seema Patidar |
Author | Michelle M Bishop |
Author | Stacy M Dodd |
Author | Rebecca Athanason |
Author | John R Wingard |
Author | Vijay S Reddy |
Abstract | Religiosity and spirituality have been associated with better survival in large epidemiologic studies. This study examined the relationship between spiritual absence and 1-year all-cause mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Depression and problematic compliance were examined as possible mediators of a significant spiritual absence-mortality relationship. Eighty-five adults (mean = 46.85 years old, SD = 11.90 years) undergoing evaluation for allogeneic HSCT had routine psychologie evaluation prior to HSCT admission. The Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic was used to assess spiritual absence, depression, and problematic compliance, the psychosocial predictors of interest. Patient status at 1 year and survival time in days were abstracted from medical records. Cox regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between the psychosocial factors of interest and mortality after adjusting for relevant biobehavioral factors. Twenty-nine percent (n = 25) of participants died within 1 year of HSCT. After covarying for disease type, individuals with the highest spiritual absence and problematic compliance scores were significantly more likely to die 1-year post-HSCT (hazard ratio [HR] = 2.49, P = .043 and HR = 3.74, P = .029, respectively), particularly secondary to infection, sepsis, or graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) (HR = 4.56, P = .01 and HR = 5.61, P = .014), relative to those without elevations on these scales. Depression was not associated with 1-year mortality, and problematic compliance did not mediate the relationship between spiritual absence and mortality. These preliminary results suggest that both spiritual absence and problematic compliance may be associated with poorer survival following HSCT. Future research should examine these relations in a larger sample using a more comprehensive assessment of spirituality. |
Publication | Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation: Journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 1171-1179 |
Date | Aug 2010 |
Journal Abbr | Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant |
DOI | 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.03.003 |
ISSN | 1523-6536 |
Accessed | Tue Aug 17 20:26:37 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20227510 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:02:43 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:02:43 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Author | Thomas Plante |
Place | Santa Barbara |
Publisher | Praeger |
Date | 2010 |
ISBN | 9780313382567 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Margaret M. Poloma |
Author | Brian F. Pendleton |
Abstract | A review of social science literature reveals that, although most Americans claim to pray, little interest has been shown by researchers in the relationship between types of prayer and quality of life. Survey data that focus on subjective perceptions of quality of life and items measuring the frequency of prayer and forms of religiosity are used to investigate the influence of types of prayer on five quality of life indices. Four distinct types of prayer were revealed through a factor analysis of fifteen prayer activity items, each of which relate differently to the five quality of life measures. Prayer, like its parent concept of religiosity, is clearly multidimensional and contributes to profiling quality of life. |
Publication | Review of Religious Research |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 46-53 |
Date | Sep., 1989 |
ISSN | 0034673X |
Short Title | Exploring Types of Prayer and Quality of Life |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/3511023 |
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Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Sep., 1989 / Copyright © 1989 Religious Research Association, Inc. |
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A review of social science literature reveals that, although most Americans claim to pray, little interest has been shown by researchers in the relationship between types of prayer and quality of life. Survey data that focus on subjective perceptions of quality of life and items measuring the frequency of prayer and forms of religiosity are used to investigate the influence of types of prayer on five quality of life indices.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Margaret M. Poloma |
Author | Brian F. Pendleton |
Abstract | With only a few notable exceptions, studies on quality of life or general well-being have failed to deal with religiosity in general, and the development of more refined measures of religious meaning and belonging in particular. Data measuring subjective perceptions of well-being for various domains of life, including neighborhood, employment, work at home, education, friends, household members, marital status, standard of living, health and religion were used to form a number of domain scales. Relationships between the multidimensional concepts of well-being and religiosity are explored and the importance of religiosity in defining well-being is tested. Religious satisfaction was found to be important for general life satisfaction and existential well-being. Among the eight indicators and scales of religiosity, various combinations of religious satisfaction, frequency of prayer, prayer experience, and relationship with God, were important predictors of general life satisfaction, existential well-being, and overall happiness. Under no circumstance did any measure of religosity contribute to negative affect. |
Publication | Social Indicators Research |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 255-276 |
Date | May 01, 1990 |
DOI | 10.1007/BF00301101 |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00301101 |
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Library Catalog | SpringerLink |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Data measuring subjective perceptions of well-being for various domains of life were used to form a number of domain scales. Relationships between the multidimensional concepts of well-being and religiosity are explored and the importance of religiosity in defining well-being is tested. Religious satisfaction was found to be important for general life satisfaction and existential well-being.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Lynda H Powell |
Author | Leila Shahabi |
Author | Carl E Thoresen |
Abstract | Evidence is presented that bears on 9 hypotheses about the link between religion or spirituality and mortality, morbidity, disability, or recovery from illness. In healthy participants, there is a strong, consistent, prospective, and often graded reduction in risk of mortality in church/service attenders. This reduction is approximately 25% after adjustment for confounders. Religion or spirituality protects against cardiovascular disease, largely mediated by the healthy lifestyle it encourages. Evidence fails to support a link between depth of religiousness and physical health. In patients, there are consistent failures to support the hypotheses that religion or spirituality slows the progression of cancer or improves recovery from acute illness but some evidence that religion or spirituality impedes recovery from acute illness. The authors conclude that church/service attendance protects healthy people against death. More methodologically sound studies are needed. |
Publication | The American Psychologist |
Volume | 58 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 36-52 |
Date | Jan 2003 |
Journal Abbr | Am Psychol |
ISSN | 0003-066X |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12674817 |
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Evidence is presented that bears on 9 hypotheses about the link between religion or spirituality and mortality, morbidity, disability, or illness. In healthy participants, there is a strong, consistent, prospective, and often graded reduction in risk of mortality in church/service attenders. Evidence fails to support a link between depth of religiousness and physical health. In patients, there are consistent failures to support the hypotheses that religion or spirituality slows the progression of cancer or improves recovery from acute illness but some evidence that religion or spirituality impedes recovery from acute illness.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | James Schuurmans-Stekhoven |
Abstract | Despite the recent escalation of research into the spirituality and well-being link, past efforts have been plagued by methodological problems. However, the potential for measurement error within psychometric instruments remains largely unexplored. After reviewing theory and evidence suggesting spirituality might represent an affective misattribution, moderation modeling-with each subjective well-being (SWB) subscale as a dependent variable as predicted by the remaining SWB subscales-is utilized to test the assumption of scale invariance. These interrelationships were shown to vary in conjunction with spirituality; that is the analysis revealed significant spirituality x subscale interactions. Importantly, in all models the spirituality main effect was either nonsignificant or accounted for by other predictors. In combination, the findings suggest the interrelationship between the subscales rather than the level of SWB varies systematically with spirituality and casts considerable doubt on the previously reported "belief-as-benefit" effect. |
Publication | Journal of Clinical Psychology |
Volume | 66 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 709-725 |
Date | Jul 2010 |
Journal Abbr | J Clin Psychol |
DOI | 10.1002/jclp.20694 |
ISSN | 1097-4679 |
Short Title | "Moved by the spirit" |
Accessed | Wed Jul 7 10:24:14 2010 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 20527052 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:03:48 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Leila Shahabi |
Author | Lynda H Powell |
Author | Marc A Musick |
Author | Kenneth I Pargament |
Author | Carl E Thoresen |
Author | David Williams |
Author | Lynn Underwood |
Author | Marcia A Ory |
Abstract | To advance knowledge in the study of spirituality and physical health, we examined sociodemographic, behavioral, and attitudinal correlates of self-perceptions of spirituality. Participants were a nationally representative sample of 1,422 adult respondents to the 1998 General Social Survey. They were asked, among other things, to rate themselves on the depth of their spirituality and the depth of their religiousness. Results indicated that, after adjustment for religiousness, self-perceptions of spirituality were positively correlated with being female (r = .07, p < .01), having a higher education (r = .12, p < .001), and having no religion (r = .10, p < .001) and inversely correlated with age (r = -.06, p < .05) and being Catholic (r = -.08, p < .01). After adjustment for these sociodemographic factors, self-perceptions of spirituality were associated with high levels of religious or spiritual activities (range in correlations = .12-.38, all p < .001), low cynical mistrust, and low political conservatism (both r = -.08, p < .01). The population was divided into 4 groups based on their self-perceptions of degree of spirituality and degree of religiousness. The spiritual and religious group had a higherfrequency of attending services, praying, meditating, reading the Bible, and daily spiritual experience than any of the other 3 groups (all differences p < .05) and had less distress and less mistrust than the religious-only group (p < .05 for both). However, they were also more intolerant than either of the nonreligious groups (p < .05 for both) and similar on intolerance to the religious-only group. We conclude that sociodemographicfactors could confound any observed association between spirituality and health and should be controlled. Moreover, individuals who perceive themselves to be both spiritual and religious may be at particularly low risk for morbidity and mortality based on their good psychological status and ongoing restorative activities. |
Publication | Annals of Behavioral Medicine: A Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine |
Volume | 24 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 59-68 |
Date | 2002 |
Journal Abbr | Ann Behav Med |
ISSN | 0883-6612 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12008795 |
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Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 12008795 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
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After adjustment for religiousness, self-perceptions of spirituality were positively correlated with being female (r = .07, p < .01), having a higher education (r = .12, p < .001), and having no religion (r = .10, p < .001) and inversely correlated with age (r = -.06, p < .05) and being Catholic (r = -.08, p < .01). Self-perceptions of spirituality were associated with high levels of religious or spiritual activities, low cynical mistrust, and low political conservatism (both r = -.08, p < .01). We conclude that sociodemographic factors could confound any observed association between spirituality and health and should be controlled.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Linxiang Shao |
Author | Junping Zhang |
Author | Le Chen |
Author | Xiaofeng Zhang |
Author | Kevin W Chen |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: The existence and characteristics of external qi (EQ) in qigong therapy has long been subject to scientific debate and rigorous examination. The therapist's intent has played an important role in many studies. This study investigates the effect of EQ with opposing intentions on the proliferation of Escherichia coli. METHODS: We performed two studies with the same design. In study 1, 75 5-mL tubes containing test samples (3 mL each) were randomly divided into three groups: control, promoted, and inhibited group (25 each). In study 2, three 96-well plates with test samples (200 microL each) were randomly designated as control, promoted, or inhibited. Test samples were placed 60 cm apart on a bench with control in the middle. A qigong therapist performed EQ with either promoting or killing intent for 15 minutes each on the treatment groups. After incubation for 24 hours, optical density of the E. coli samples was measured at 600 nm (OD(600)). RESULTS: In the initial experiment of both studies, the OD(600) value of the promoted group was significantly higher than that of control (p < 0.05), while the OD(600) value of the inhibited group was significantly lower than that of the control group (p < 0.01), suggesting that the healer's intent played a critical role in the effects of EQ on E.coli proliferation. However, subsequent experiments did not replicate the initial finding in either study and showed a pattern of declining effect. CONCLUSION: A healer's intent may affect the proliferation of microbes with specificity and directivity, so future studies of bioenergy healing should take the role of intention into consideration. The circumstances surrounding replication of the results in such biofield studies need further exploration. |
Publication | Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 567-571 |
Date | May 2009 |
Journal Abbr | J Altern Complement Med |
DOI | 10.1089/acm.2008.0408 |
ISSN | 1557-7708 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/19425820 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 2 13:00:12 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19425820 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
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The authors of this study examined the effects of qigong healer’s intent on the proliferation of bacteria in cultures. The healer’s intent appeared to have a measurable effect, but this result was unable to be replicated in later studies.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ursula Sharma |
Publication | Anthropology Today |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 15-18 |
Date | Aug., 1993 |
ISSN | 0268540X |
Short Title | Contextualizing Alternative Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/2783450 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 9 00:10:18 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Aug., 1993 / Copyright © 1993 Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland |
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In this article an anthropologist takes account of developments in alternative medicine. The author acknowledges a diversity in approaches of alternative medicine and considers ways to classify healing practices, always maintaining what she calls the "suspicious" hermeneutic of the anthropologist.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Sonya Sharma |
Author | Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham |
Author | Marie Cochrane |
Abstract | Although the importance of the researcher's embodiment has been noted in health and social sciences research, in many instances, more attention has been paid to the embodiment of the researched. Thus, more in-depth analysis of the embodied researcher can illuminate qualitative inquiry. The influence of the embodied researcher became visible in a recent critical ethnographic study examining the negotiation of religious, spiritual, and cultural plurality in health care. In this article, we do not present research findings per se, but rather methodological reflections. As researchers, we highlight emotional and bodily ways of knowing and experiences of difference such as culture, race, and religion as embodied and a part of researcher-participant encounters. We aim to elucidate the awareness of being embodied researchers, and with this elucidation, we consider implications for knowledge generation for health and social sciences. |
Publication | Qualitative Health Research |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 11 |
Pages | 1642-1650 |
Date | Nov 2009 |
Journal Abbr | Qual Health Res |
DOI | 10.1177/1049732309350684 |
ISSN | 1049-7323 |
Short Title | Practicing the awareness of embodiment in qualitative health research |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/19843972 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 23 19:38:48 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19843972 |
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Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:05:21 2011 |
Type | Book |
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Author | Anees A Sheikh |
Author | Katharina S Sheikh |
Series | Wiley series on health psychology/behavioral medicine |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Wiley |
Date | 1989 |
ISBN | 0471628905 |
Short Title | Eastern and Western Approaches to Healing |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
Call Number | R726.5 .E27 1989 |
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This interdisciplinary work addresses the differences--and similarities--between Eastern and Western approaches to healing. The author examines ancient practices, while revealing the ways Eastern practices are being integrated into Western methods. The text covers topics that include the mind-body problem, hypnosis, biofeedback and self-regulation, cerebral bilaterality, meditation and transcultural psychotherapy.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Bruce W Smith |
Author | Jeanne Dalen |
Author | Kathryn T Wiggins |
Author | Paulette J Christopher |
Author | Jennifer F Bernard |
Author | Brian M Shelley |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify individual differences associated with the willingness to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). DESIGN: A questionnaire was administered and the relationship between individual differences and the willingness to use CAM was examined using correlation and multiple regression analyses. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 276 undergraduate students (64% female) of diverse ethnicity (43% white, 33% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 16% other) and a wide range of incomes. MEASURES: The willingness to use 16 types of CAM was assessed for six categories: whole medical systems, mind-body medicine, biologically based practices, manipulative and body-based practices, energy medicine, and spiritually based practices. The individual differences assessed included age, gender, income, ethnicity, the Big Five personality characteristics, optimism, spirituality, religiosity, and three aspects of emotional intelligence: mood attention, mood clarity, and mood repair. RESULTS: The individual differences accounted for approximately one fifth of the variance in overall willingness to use CAM. Openness to experience, spirituality, and mood attention were the strongest predictors of overall willingness to use CAM and were related to the willingness to use most of the individual types of CAM. Older age or female gender was related to greater willingness to use most of the mind-body medicines. Hispanic ethnicity was related to greater willingness to use curanderismo, and Native American ethnicity was related to greater willingness to use Native American medicine and a spiritual/faith healer. |
Publication | Explore (New York, N.Y.) |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 359-367 |
Date | 2008 Nov-Dec |
Journal Abbr | Explore (NY) |
DOI | 10.1016/j.explore.2008.08.001 |
ISSN | 1550-8307 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18984547 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 19:33:50 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 18984547 |
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A questionnaire was administered and the relationship between individual differences and the willingness to use CAM was examined using correlation and multiple regression analyses. The sample consisted of 276 undergraduate students (64% female) of diverse ethnicity. Measures: The willingness to use 16 types of CAM was assessed for six categories. The individual differences assessed included age, gender, income, ethnicity, the Big Five personality characteristics, optimism, spirituality, religiosity, and three aspects of emotional intelligence. Results: The individual differences accounted for approximately one fifth of the variance in overall willingness to use CAM.
Type | Book |
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Author | Howard M Spiro |
Author | Mary G. McCrea Curnen |
Author | Lee Palmer Wandel |
Contributor | Yale University |
Contributor | Goethe-Institut (Boston, Mass.) |
Place | New Haven |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Date | 1996 |
ISBN | 0300063490 |
Short Title | Facing Death |
Library Catalog | library.bu.edu Library Catalog |
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This work aims to help medical personnel and patients to view death as a defining part of life. It acknowledges that technology has, in part, functioned to keep death at bay. This has resulted in making people less informed about how to face death and how to understand or articulate the emotional or spiritual need of the dying.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | B. Stirling |
Author | L. D. Furman |
Author | P. W. Benson |
Author | E. R. Canda |
Author | C. Grimwood |
Abstract | Increasingly, social work is being challenged to consider the role of spirituality and religion in practice and education as the profession has witnessed an expanding interest in the integration of spirituality, motivated by the recognition of spiritual diversity as an important component of human experience, cultural competency and anti-racist social work practice. In response to the lack of international empirical research in general, and relating to spirituality in particular, cross-national survey research was conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) and the UK as part of a larger multi-national study of social workers' attitudes about the role of spirituality in their practice. Although the two countries share some cultural similarities due to the impact of secularization, British settlement and colonization in ANZ, there are also significant differences related to the unique multicultural make-up of ANZ, emphasizing the indigenous Maori and the centrality of spirituality within a Maori worldview. |
Publication | British Journal of Social Work |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 602-621 |
Date | MAR 2010 |
DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcp008 |
ISSN | 0045-3102 |
Accessed | Thu Mar 25 13:19:56 2010 |
Library Catalog | ISI Web of Knowledge |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
This article analyzes the role of spirituality in social work in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom and considers specifically social worker's attitudes about the role of spirituality in their practice.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | William J. Strawbridge |
Author | Richard D. Cohen |
Author | Sarah J. Shema |
Author | George A. Kaplan |
Abstract | Objectives: This study analyzed the long-term association between religious attendance and mortality to determine whether the association is explained by improvements in health practices and social connections for frequent attenders., Methods: The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda County Study respondents was examined. Logistic regression models analyzed associations between attendance and subsequent improvements in health practices and social connections., Results: Frequent attenders had lower mortality rates than infrequent attenders (relative hazard [RH] = 0.64; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.53, 0.77). Results were stronger for females. Health adjustments had little impact, but adjustments for social connections and health practices reduced the relationship (RH = 0.77; 95% CI = 0.64, 0.93). During follow-up, frequent attenders were more likely to stop smoking, increase exercising, increase social contacts, and stay married., Conclusions: Lower mortality rates for frequent religious attenders are partly explained by improved health practices, increased social contacts, and more stable marriages occurring in conjunction with attendance. The mechanisms by which these changes occur have broad intervention implications. (Am J Public Health. 1997;87:957-961)., Copyright (C) 1997 by the American Public Health Association, Inc. |
Publication | Journal of Public Health June 1997 |
Volume | 87 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 957-961 |
Date | 1997 |
ISSN | 0090-0036 |
Library Catalog | Ovid (Journals@Ovid) |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The association between frequent attendance and mortality over 28 years for 5286 Alameda County Study respondents was examined. Frequent attenders had lower mortality rates than infrequent attenders. Results were stronger for females. Health adjustments had little impact, but adjustments for social connections and health practices reduced the relationship. During follow-up, frequent attenders were more likely to stop smoking, increase exercising, increase social contacts, and stay married.
Type | Book |
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Author | Lawrence Sullivan |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Date | 1989 |
ISBN | 9780029237915 |
Short Title | Healing and restoring |
Library Catalog | Open WorldCat |
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Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
In the quest for well-being and health, this book aims to understand, explore, and educate about different cultural methods of healing. It includes reviews of Buddhist, Chinese Buddhist, Hawaiian, Indian Ayurvedic, Islamic, and Aztec traditions.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kimiko Tanaka |
Abstract | This study reviewed evidence that divorce, rather than being a single event, is a process with effects that linger even after remarriage, including effects on religious involvement. The author presents divorce as an active or passive choice that some individuals make in their life course and the life event influences their social behaviors in later life, which could provide another possible explanation why divorce can negatively influence health even after remarriage. |
Publication | Journal of Divorce & Remarriage |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1-15 |
Date | 1/2010 |
Journal Abbr | J. of Divorce & Remarriage |
DOI | 10.1080/10502550903423149 |
ISSN | 1050-2556 |
URL | http://www.informaworld.com/openurl? genre=article&… |
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Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:02 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Barbara S. Thomley |
Author | Siddiqi H. Ray |
Author | Stephen S. Cha |
Author | Brent A. Bauer |
Abstract | Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether a comprehensive, yoga-based wellness program could positively affect multiple markers of health and wellness in an employee population.Design Self-selected employees who enrolled in a new wellness class were invited to participate in a yoga-based wellness program. Participants met six days per week (Monday through Saturday) at 5:10 am. Sessions lasted for at least one hour, and the program was six weeks long. Each session consisted of power yoga interwoven with philosophical concepts and instruction about the benefits of mindfulness, breath, and meditation. Certain classes each week incorporated large and small group sharing, journal writing, and mindful eating exercises. Main outcome measures were biometric measures (height, weight, blood pressure, flexibility, body fat) and quality-of-life measures (physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being).Results Fifty-nine employees were invited to join the program; 50 consented to participate, of which 37 (74%) attended more than 90% of classes. Participant age ranged from 24 to 76 years. Statistically significant improvements were observed in weight (-4.84 ± 5.24 kg; P < .001), diastolic blood pressure (-2.66 ±8.31 mm/Hg; P = .03), flexibility score (relative change 11% ± 20.92; P <.001), body fat percentage (-1.94 ±2.68; P < .001), and overall quality of life (linear analog self-assessment [LASA] score 3.73 ± 8.11; P = .03).Conclusions This pilot study suggests that a yoga-based, comprehensive wellness program is both feasible and efficacious in creating positive, short-term improvements in multiple domains of health and wellness for a population of employees. |
Publication | EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 27-29 |
Date | January |
DOI | 10.1016/j.explore.2010.10.004 |
ISSN | 1550-8307 |
Short Title | Effects of a Brief, Comprehensive, Yoga-Based Program on Quality of Life and Biometric Measures in an Employee Population |
Accessed | Tue Feb 15 18:55:11 2011 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 08:57:35 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 08:57:35 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ming T Tsuang |
Author | John C Simpson |
Author | Karestan C Koenen |
Author | William S Kremen |
Author | Michael J Lyons |
Abstract | Data on empirical associations between religious variables and health outcomes are needed to clarify the complex interplay between religion and mental health. The aim of this study was to determine whether associations with health variables are primarily attributable to explicitly religious aspects of spiritual well-being (SWB) or to "existential" aspects that primarily reflect a sense of satisfaction or purpose in life. Three hundred forty-five pairs of twins from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry completed a diagnostic interview and questionnaires containing the 2-factor SWB Scale and general health items. Observed associations between SWB and health outcomes were uniquely explained by the SWB subscale of existential well-being, with much less of a unique explanatory contribution from religious well-being or "spiritual involvement." We concluded that studies of SWB and health should continue to distinguish between explicitly religious variables and others that more closely approximate the psychological construct of personal well-being. |
Publication | The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease |
Volume | 195 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 673-680 |
Date | Aug 2007 |
Journal Abbr | J. Nerv. Ment. Dis |
DOI | 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31811f4062 |
ISSN | 0022-3018 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17700300 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 17:52:45 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 17700300 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The aim of this study was to determine whether associations with health variables are primarily attributable to explicitly religious aspects of spiritual well-being (SWB) or to “existential” aspects that primarily reflect a sense of satisfaction or purpose in life. We concluded that studies of SWB and health should continue to distinguish between explicitly religious variables and others that more closely approximate the psychological construct of personal well-being.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Andrew Vickers |
Author | Catherine Zollman |
Publication | BMJ: British Medical Journal |
Volume | 319 |
Issue | 7216 |
Pages | 1050-1053 |
Date | Oct. 16, 1999 |
ISSN | 09598138 |
Short Title | ABC of Complementary Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/25186102 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 9 00:28:08 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Oct. 16, 1999 / Copyright © 1999 BMJ Publishing Group |
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This article constitutes a review of the use of plants, as herbs, for healing purposes. It discusses both the cultural evolution of the use of herb as well as what kind of herbal prescriptions work to treat specific illnesses.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Angelika Walser |
Abstract | This contribution evolved from my work in a European network and is dedicated to the rare genetic skin diseases. To gain a deeper knowledge about the question, what it means to suffer from a genetic skin disease, I have discussed the concepts of skin in philosophical and theological anthropology. Presuming that ancient interpretations of skin diseases (moral and cultical impurity) are still relevant today, feminist Christian theology shows the ways of deconstructing stigmatizing paradigma by using the body as a hermeneutic category. Skin becomes the "open borderline" of the human being, pointing out both the social vulnerability and the transcendent capacity of the human person. |
Publication | Journal of Religion and Health |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 96-104 |
Date | Mar 2010 |
Journal Abbr | J Relig Health |
DOI | 10.1007/s10943-008-9233-7 |
ISSN | 1573-6571 |
Short Title | Bodies in skin |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19148755 |
Accessed | Mon Mar 28 18:09:28 2011 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 19148755 |
Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:06:18 2011 |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Andrew J Weaver |
Author | Kevin J Flannelly |
Author | David B Case |
Author | Karen G Costa |
Abstract | OBJECTIVES: Religion and spirituality provide the means by which many individuals and their families cope with illness. Moreover, there is evidence to suggest that health outcomes may be influenced by patients' religious beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. METHODS: We examined three representative nonspecialty journals (Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine) between 1998 and 2000 for references to the role of religion/spirituality. Of the 2,385 studies found, only 20 (0.8%) examined some aspect of spirituality (n = 5), religion (n = 13), or both (n = 2). Spirituality was treated as a dependent variable in all seven articles in which it was studied. RESULTS: The effect of religion was analyzed in 11 of the 15 articles in which it was measured, and its effect was statistically significant in 8 of the 11 studies in which it was analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: Although religious variables were a key element of most of the studies in which they were measured, overall, little attention appears to be paid to these concepts in general medical journals, even though they may be useful for refining outcomes research. |
Publication | Southern Medical Journal |
Volume | 97 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 1245-1249 |
Date | Dec 2004 |
Journal Abbr | South. Med. J |
ISSN | 0038-4348 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15646764 |
Accessed | Fri Nov 13 14:19:23 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 15646764 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
We examined three representative nonspecialty journals between 1998 and 2000 for references to the role of religion/spirituality. Of the 2,385 studies found, only 20 (0.8%) examined some aspect of spirituality (n = 5), religion (n = 13), or both (n = 2). Spirituality was treated as a dependent variable in all seven articles in which it was studied. Results: The effect of religion was analyzed in 11 of the 15 articles in which it was measured, and its effect was statistically significant in 8 of the 11 studies in which it was analyzed.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | David R Williams |
Author | Michelle J Sternthal |
Publication | The Medical Journal of Australia |
Volume | 186 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | S47-S50 |
Date | 2007-05-21 |
ISSN | 0025-729X |
Short Title | Spirituality, Religion and Health |
URL | http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/186_10_210507/wil11060_fm.html |
Accessed | Thu Oct 22 16:22:24 2009 |
Library Catalog | eMJA |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between spiritual experience and current health status and between spiritual experience and subjective experience of symptom interference. The Index of Core Spiritual Experiences and the Medical Symptoms Checklist were administered. The percentage-bend correlation between Index scores and scores for interference of symptoms in daily life was significant ((r)Pb = -.33, p = .02). These results suggest that the report of core spiritual experiences may be related to better current health status, although the direction of causation is unclear.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Linda Williams |
Author | Sheila Reed |
Author | Charles Nelson |
Author | Andrea Brose |
Abstract | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between spiritual experience and current health status and between spiritual experience and subjective experience of symptom interference. Symptom interference is the extent to which symptoms of physical or psychological illness limited participants' activities of daily living. Participants were 49 volunteers who were enrolled in a spiritual fitness class at a variety of denominational Christian churches in Plano, Texas. The sample ranged in age from 22 to 65 years, and 84% were women. The Index of Core Spiritual Experiences and the Medical Symptoms Checklist were administered. Current health status and symptom interference were utilized from the self-report checklist. It was predicted that Index scores would be significantly different based on participants' health status and that Index scores would correlate significantly with participants' ratings of symptom interference. Analysis indicated that Index scores were significantly higher (p = .02) for participants with no current medical diagnosis than for those currently experiencing either a life-threatening or a chronic medical or psychological disorder. Also, the percentage-bend correlation between Index scores and scores for interference of symptoms in daily life was significant ((r)Pb = -.33, p = .02). These results suggest that the report of core spiritual experiences may be related to better current health status. These findings have implications for understanding the role of spirituality in the prevention of illness and in an individual's ability to cope with illness. |
Publication | Psychological Reports |
Volume | 91 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 618-626 |
Date | Oct 2002 |
Journal Abbr | Psychol Rep |
ISSN | 0033-2941 |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12416856 |
Accessed | Thu Nov 12 22:04:46 2009 |
Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
Extra | PMID: 12416856 |
Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:55:15 2011 |
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between spiritual experience and current health status and between spiritual experience and subjective experience of symptom interference. 49 volunteers who were enrolled in a spiritual fitness class at a variety of denominational Christian churches in Plano, Texas participated. The sample ranged in age from 22 to 65 years, and 84% were women. The Index of Core Spiritual Experiences and the Medical Symptoms Checklist were administered. Results of the study suggest that the report of core spiritual experiences may be related to better current health status. These findings have implications for understanding the role of spirituality in the prevention of illness and in an individual's ability to cope with illness.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Robert A. Witter |
Author | William A. Stock |
Author | Morris A. Okun |
Author | Marilyn J. Haring |
Abstract | What is the strength and direction of the relation between religion and subjective well-being in adulthood? We addressed this question by performing a quantitative research synthesis (meta-analysis). The dependent variable was zero-order correlations between religion and subjective well-being. Independent variables were measure, sample, and study characteristics. We found that religion was significantly, positively related to subjective well-being. The relation between religion and subjective well-being is stronger for religious activity than for religiosity measures. The relation is stronger for samples of older than younger adults. The strength of the religion/subjective well-being relation has decreased over time. Religion accounts for between 2 and 6 percent of the variance in adult subjective well-being. |
Publication | Review of Religious Research |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 332-342 |
Date | Jun., 1985 |
ISSN | 0034673X |
Short Title | Religion and Subjective Well-Being in Adulthood |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/3511048 |
Accessed | Sat Oct 17 16:15:53 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jun., 1985 / Copyright © 1985 Religious Research Association, Inc. |
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What is the strength and direction of the relation between religion and subjective well-being in adulthood? We addressed this question by performing a quantitative research synthesis (meta-analysis). We found that religion was significantly, positively related to subjective well-being. The relation between religion and subjective well-being is stronger for religious activity than for religiosity measures. The relation is stronger for samples of older than younger adults. The strength of the religion/subjective well-being relation has decreased over time.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Catherine Zollman |
Author | Andrew Vickers |
Publication | BMJ: British Medical Journal |
Volume | 319 |
Issue | 7211 |
Pages | 693-696 |
Date | Sep. 11, 1999 |
ISSN | 09598138 |
Short Title | ABC of Complementary Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/25185762 |
Accessed | Sun Nov 8 23:21:00 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Sep. 11, 1999 / Copyright © 1999 BMJ Publishing Group |
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This article briefly explains and reviews common complementary therapies to biomedical medicine. Complementary medicine includes modalities such as acupuncture, aromatherapy, Homeopathy, and Yoga.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Catherine Zollman |
Author | Andrew Vickers |
Publication | BMJ: British Medical Journal |
Volume | 319 |
Issue | 7213 |
Pages | 836-838 |
Date | Sep. 25, 1999 |
ISSN | 09598138 |
Short Title | ABC of Complementary Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/25185898 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 9 00:28:42 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Sep. 25, 1999 / Copyright © 1999 BMJ Publishing Group |
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This article surveys how and who uses complementary healing practices. It discusses the reasons why diverse populations employ complementary medicine and discusses what kind of conditions are treated.
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Catherine Zollman |
Author | Andrew Vickers |
Publication | BMJ: British Medical Journal |
Volume | 319 |
Issue | 7224 |
Pages | 1558-1561 |
Date | Dec. 11, 1999 |
ISSN | 09598138 |
Short Title | ABC of Complementary Medicine |
URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/25186616 |
Accessed | Mon Nov 9 00:29:04 2009 |
Library Catalog | JSTOR |
Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Dec. 11, 1999 / Copyright © 1999 BMJ Publishing Group |
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This article reviews the response of the biomedical world, specifically of doctors, to the use of complementary medicine. It also educates readers on how to safely approach complementary medicine, specifically detailing how to chose a practitioner and how to practice this kind of medicine.