Recently added articles from Journal of Psychology and Christianity:
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Oct 01, 2009; Anonymous ... The Spring, 2009 issue of the journal (Volume 28, Issue 1) contained two errors, both involving author names. Emily Hervey, the sole author of the first article entitled "Cultural Transitions During Childhood and Adjustment to College," was incorrectly identified as Amy Hervey. The last name of ...
Evaluating the Relationship Between the Five-Factor Model of Personality and Religious Orientation
Oct 01, 2009; Barrett, Chad E; Roesch, Scott C ... Religious Orientation (RO) describes how people experience religion and consists of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Quest orientations. It is unclear how RO is associated with dimensions of established personality models. Previous studies relating RO to the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of Personality have ...
Psychological Type and Work-Related Psychological Health among Clergy in Australia, England and New Zealand
Oct 01, 2009; Francis, Leslie J; Robbins, Mandy; Kaldor, Peter; Castle, Keith ... A sample of 3,715 clergy from Australia, England and New Zealand completed two indices of work-related psychological health, the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (negative affect) and the Satisfaction in Ministry Scale (positive affect), together with a measure of Jungian psychological ...
Spiritual Support for Women with Postpartum Depression
Oct 01, 2009; Zittel-Palamara, Kimberley; Cercone, Sarah A; Rockmaker, Julie R ... Postpartum depression affects between 15% and 25% of women annually, yet there is little research illustrating the kinds of treatment women would be more partial to, particularly spiritual assistance. The researchers administered a telephone-based survey to 45 women who were experiencing or had ...
Christian Women in IPV Relationships: An Exploratory Study of Religious Factors
Oct 01, 2009; Wang, Mei-Chuan; Horne, Sharon G; Levitt, M; Klesges, Lisa M ... The study examined Christian women's religious beliefs and practices in relationship to their intimate partner violence (IPV) relationships. The religious variables included religious affiliation status, religious attendance, religious teachings about gender roles in marriage, and religious ...
And a Teen Shall Lead Them: The Relationship Between Worship Experiences and Youth Religiosity in the Panel Study of American Religiosity and Ethnicity (PS-ARE)
Oct 01, 2009; Gunnoe, Majorie Lindner; Beversluis, Claudia DeVries ... This research identified associations between 4 formal worship experiences and 10 measures of religiosity for 109 youth ages 12-18 participating in the Panel Study of American Religiosity and Ethnicity (PSARE). The 4 worship experiences included Belonging and Meaning-making (traditionally viewed ...
Regarding Football and Worldview: Is Defensiveness the Best Offense?
Oct 01, 2009; Bassett, Kelly M; Bassett, Rodney L; Scott, Katelyn; Lovejoy, Morgan; Preston, Joshua; Gavette, Heather; Grimm, Julia P ... Two of the varieties of religious experience that have been examined in past research include existential faith and defensive faith (Beck, 2004, 2006). Existential believers have been conceptualized as feeling free to explore questions about faith. They may experience the discomfort of doubt and ...
Women and Work: Supporting Female Colleagues in Psychology
Oct 01, 2009; Maltby, Lauren E; Hall, M Elizabeth Lewis; Anderson, Tamara ... In 2007, the most recent year for which data are available, women comprised 64.4 percent of the 185,000 psychologists nationwide. Sixty-six percent of mental health counselors and a striking 82 percent of social workers were also women (United States Department of Labor, 2008). Despite women's ...
Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults
Oct 01, 2009; Gingrich, Heather Davediuk ... It is a challenge to present evidenced-based guidelines for the treatment of disorders that are not even included in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-TV; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994). The DSM, however, is a work in progress ....
Sexual Steve: A Schema-Focused, Spiritually Based Approach
Oct 01, 2009; Wagner, Joyce A ... This article discusses Steve, a thirty-seven year-old male who struggled for several years with chemical and sexual addiction. Schema-focused therapy is explained briefly along with various interventions from the model used in the case. Schaumberg's (1997) biblical model of sexual addiction is ...
THE END OF FAITH: RELIGION, TERROR, AND THE FUTURE OF REASON
Oct 01, 2009; Bassett, Rodney L-Editor ... THE END OF FAITH: RELIGION, TERROR, AND THE FUTURE OF REASON. Sam Harris. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004. Pp. 348, $13-95. Reviewed by Geoffrey W. Sutton (Evangel University/Springfield, MO). The 9/11 Islamic terrorists emblazoned the psychological truism of the path from belief to ...
SACRED CAUSES: THE CLASH OF RELIGION AND POLITICS, FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE WAR ON TERROR
Oct 01, 2009; Bassett, Rodney L-Editor ... SACRED CAUSES: THE CLASH OF RELIGION AND POUnCS, FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE WAR ON TERROR. Michael Burleigh. New York: Harper Collins, 2007. Pp. 557 + xviii. Hb. $27.95. Reviewed by Geoffrey W. Sutton (Evangel University/Springfield, MO). When it comes to religious and political behavior, ...
THE PRODIGAL GOD: RECOVERING THE HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
Oct 01, 2009; Bassett, Rodney L-Editor ... THE PRODIGAL GOD: RECOVERING THE HEART OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. Timothy Keller. New York: Dutton (Member of the Penguin Group), 2008. Pp. 139, Hb. $19-95. Reviewed by Rod Bassett (Roberts Wesleyan College/Rochester, NY). As a follower of Jesus Christ, and a psychologist, I have often ...
BLUEPRINT FOR EXCEPTIONAL WRITING
Oct 01, 2009; Bassett, Rodney L-Editor ... BLUEPRINT FOR EXCEPTIONAL WRITING (with DVD), Jennifer Fontenot and Karen Carney. New York: Allyn and Bacon-Pearson, 2009- Pp. 311 + xxiv, pb, npi. Reviewed by J. Harold Ellens. Dr. Fontenot is a 30-year veteran teacher-consultant in public education and an adjunct professor in special ...
