Religion and Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

The study of personal constructs of death and fear of death among Taiwanese adolescents.

30 Oct 2009 This study administered an open-ended questionnaire about death and the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS) to explore the relationships between personal constructs about death and fears of death among Taiwanese adolescents. The sample ... Read more...

Influences of religion and culture on continuing bonds in a sample of British Muslims of Pakistani origin.

30 Oct 2009 This study considered the nature of continuing bonds with deceased relatives in a sample of Pakistani Muslims living in the United Kingdom. Ten participants were interviewed following a cultural psychology approach and transcripts were analyzed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Religion and Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• The study of personal constructs of death and fear of death among Taiwanese adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• Influences of religion and culture on continuing bonds in a sample of British Muslims of Pakistani origin. 30 Oct 2009
• A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: a model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment. 13 Sep 2009
• Reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking: a developmental perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• The religious life during suicide bereavement: a description. 30 Aug 2009
• Explaining the relation between religiousness and reduced suicidal behavior: social support rather than specific beliefs. 30 Jul 2009
• Temporal transformations in cinema and psychoanalysis: on Philip Groenig's Into Great Silence. 30 Jul 2009
• On: Can you push a camel through the eye of a needle? 30 Jul 2009
• Murdered father; dead father: revisiting the Oedipus complex. 30 Jul 2009
• The religiosity/spirituality of Latina breast cancer survivors and influence on health-related quality of life. 30 Jul 2009
• Scriptural allusions in the writings of D.W. Winnicott. 30 Jul 2009
• The need not to believe: Freud's godlessness reconsidered. 30 Jul 2009
• Exploring the existential function of religion: the effect of religious fundamentalism and mortality salience on faith-based medical refusals. 30 Jul 2009
• Religious involvement and risk of major depression in a prospective nationwide study of African American adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Risk factors for suicide in Hungary: a case-control study. 26 Jul 2009
• Disorganized attachment, absorption, and new age spirituality: a mediational model. 29 Jun 2009
• The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan. 29 Jun 2009
• Teaching ethics in religious or cultural conflict situations: a personal perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• Incorporating patients' spirituality into care using Gadow's ethical framework. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Religion and Psychology'

Definition: The interrelationship of psychology and religion.

Descriptor UI: D012069

Alternative terms: Religion and Psychology; Psychology, Religion; Religion, Psychology; Psychology and Religion;

Tree Number: F02.880; K01.844.664;

Technical Notes: no qualif; coord IM with psychol aspect (IM); X ref PRAYER HEALING see MENTAL HEALING is available; DF: RELIGION PSYCHOL