Michelle Pearce

Datos Biográficos

ID3600612
NOMBREMichelle Pearce
NOMBRESMichelle
APELLIDOPearce
FIRMAPEARCE M
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
ORCID0000-0002-0270-7769
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS23
TOTAL DE CITAS22
TOTAL COMO AUTOR23
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2004
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • At the intersection of environmental learning and special education

    Open AccessMichelle Silvers, Deanna Kulbeth et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Environmental…2026

    This mixed methods study explored accessibility and inclusion in field trip-based environmental learning programming among 80 staff members from 69 organizations across the United States. Quantitative survey results indicated that over 85% of organizations offered programs perceived as accessible to students with disabilities, though the degree of accessibility varied widely. Qualitative data revealed a spectrum of inclusive practices, ranging fr…

  • The religious and spiritual beliefs and practices of mental health educators

    Edward Polson, Holly Oxhandler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Spirituality in Mental…2026

    Currently, little is known about the religious and spiritual (RS) beliefs and practices of faculty in graduate mental health training programs. Here, we analyze data from a recent survey of 1,956 faculty in accredited counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, and social work programs across the U.S. to provide the first national assessment of RS beliefs and practices of faculty in these disciplines. Results indicate that many hold RS b…

  • Addressing Spirituality and Religion in Mental Health Graduate Coursework

    Open AccessJohn Mcnab Currier, Edward C Polson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2026

    Accreditation and ethical standards across the professions of counseling, marriage and family therapy (MFT), psychology, and social work include spirituality and/or religion (S/R) as core areas of multicultural diversity that will ideally be addressed in training and clinical practice. However, many graduate programs face logistic challenges for equipping students with basic attitudes, knowledge, and skills to attend to patients’ S/R. The purpose…

  • Revalidating the religious/spiritually integrated practice assessment scale for educators across four mental health disciplines

    Holly Oxhandler, Edward Polson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Spirituality in Mental…2025

    This paper describes the validation of the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Practice Assessment Scale for Educators (RSIPAS-EDU) with a diverse sample of faculty in social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and psychology. Full-time faculty at accredited graduate schools across disciplines were invited to participate in an online survey that included the RSIPAS-EDU, and 1,742 completed it. Results support the RSIPAS-EDU as a reliable …

  • Helpful and Harmful Approaches to Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Mental Health Care

    Open AccessHolly Oxhandler, Edward Polson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2024

  • Current Mental Health Clients’ Religious/Spiritual Beliefs and Practices

    Open AccessHolly Oxhandler, Holly K Oxhandler et al.ARTICLESocial Work Research2024Citada por: 1Referencias: 6

    This article describes the results of a cross-sectional survey of current mental health clients’ religious/spiritual beliefs and practices, as well as how clients perceive such practices as influencing their mental health. A total of 989 self-identified mental health clients across the United States completed an anonymous online survey in 2018. This survey included several items and instruments to measure clients’ religious affiliation, religious…

  • Spiritual and religious competency training for mental health care professionals

    Open AccessCassandra Vieten, Jesse Fox et al.ARTICLECounselor Education and Supervision2024Citada por: 1Referencias: 37

    Spirituality and religion (R/S) are important aspects of diversity and functioning for most people, and training in these areas for mental health professionals is needed. But how much training is enough? This paper proposes R/S training guidelines that can be used to inform coursework, practicum/internship didactic training, and supervision

  • Mental health professionals’ perspectives on the relevance of religion and spirituality to mental health care

    Open AccessCassandra Vieten, Holly Oxhandler et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2023

    There is a growing consensus among mental health care professionals that mental health professionals should be trained in R/S competencies. Strong agreement exists that basic R/S competencies include respect, empathy, examination of bias, and routine assessment of R/S in mental health care. Four in five of those surveyed agree that more active competencies, such as identifying and addressing religious and spiritual struggles and problems and help…

  • The Relevance of Religion and Spirituality to Mental Health

    Open AccessHolly Oxhandler, Holly K Oxhandler et al.ARTICLESocial Work2021Citada por: 8Referencias: 5

    Despite a growing interest in the relationship between religion and spirituality (RS) and mental health across helping professions, less is known about clients' perceived relevance of these areas. This article describes the development and validation of the Relevance of Religion and Spirituality to Mental Health (RRSMH) scale, and responses to the first national survey of clients' perceived relevance of RS to mental health. Specifically, a sample…

  • Current Mental Health Clients' Attitudes Regarding Religion and Spirituality in Treatment

    Open AccessHolly Oxhandler, Kenneth I Pargament et al.ARTICLEReligions2021Citada por: 3Referencias: 61

    Over the last several years, there has been a growing interest in clients' views toward integrating their religion and spirituality (RS) into mental health treatment. However, most of these studies have been limited to small samples and specific populations, regions, and/or clinical issues. This article describes the first national survey of current mental health clients across the US regarding their attitudes towards integrating their RS in trea…

  • Religious versus Conventional Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

    Open AccessBogdan Tudor Tulbure, Gerhard Andersson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2018

  • The Moral Injury Symptom Scale-Military Version

    Open AccessHarold Koenig, Donna Ames et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2018

  • Effects of Religious Versus Conventional Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Gratitude in Major Depression and Chronic Medical Illness

    Michelle J Pearce, Michelle Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Spirituality in Mental…2016

    This study examined whether religiously-integrated cognitive behavioral therapy (RCBT) was more effective than conventional CBT (CCBT) on generating gratitude among religious persons with major depressive disorder (MDD) and chronic medical illness (CMI). Participants at least somewhat religious/spiritual with MDD and CMI were randomized to receive 10 sessions of RCBT or CCBT. Both RCBT and CCBT predicted an increase in gratitude over time. Higher…

  • Spiritual Struggles and Religious Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Open AccessMichelle J Pearce, Michelle Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology and Theology2016

    Objectives Compared the effectiveness of religious cognitive-behavioral therapy (RCBT) versus conventional CBT (CCBT) on reducing spiritual struggles in persons with major depressive disorder (MDD) and medical illness. Methods Participants were randomized to receive 10 sessions of RCBT (n = 65) or CCBT (n = 67). Spiritual struggles were assessed at baseline, 12, and 24 weeks using the Brief RCOPE. Mixed effects growth curve models compared the ef…

  • Effects on Daily Spiritual Experiences of Religious Versus Conventional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

    Open AccessHarold Koenig, Michelle J Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2016

  • Religious Coping Among Adults Caring for Family Members with Serious Mental Illness

    Open AccessMichelle J Pearce, Michelle Pearce et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2015Citada por: 2Referencias: 24

  • Religious Attendance, Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms Among Koreans in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

    Open AccessHee Jun Kim, Michelle Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in Christian patients with medical illness

    Michelle Pearce, Harold KoenigARTICLEMental Health Religion & Culture2013

    Psychotherapy and religion are two widely utilised resources among people suffering from mental and physical illness. Intervention studies have found that integrating clients' spiritual and religious beliefs in therapy is at least as effective, if not more effective, in reducing depression than secular treatments for religious clients. The medically depressed are at heightened risk of negative medical outcomes. One unexplored question is whether …

  • Religious Coping is Associated with the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer

    Open AccessNalini Tarakeshwar, Lauren C Vanderwerker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Palliative Medicine2006

    BACKGROUND: For patients confronting a life-threatening illness such as advanced cancer, religious coping can be an important factor influencing their quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVE: The study's main purpose was to examine the association between religious coping and QOL among 170 patients with advanced cancer. Both positive religious coping (e.g., benevolent religious appraisals) and negative religious coping (e.g., anger at God) and multiple …

  • Religious Coping among Caregivers of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients

    Open AccessMichelle J Pearce, Michelle Pearce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2006Citada por: 7Referencias: 66

    This study investigated the association between religious coping, mental health and the caring experience, as well as potential explanatory mechanisms, among 162 informal caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients. Regression analyses indicated that, controlling for socio-demographic variables, more use of positive religious coping strategies was associated with more burden, yet, also more satisfaction. In contrast, more use of negative religio…

  • A Critical Review of the Forms and Value of Religious Coping Among Informal Caregivers

    Open AccessMichelle J Pearce, Michelle PearceARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2005

  • Development and implementation of a spiritual coping group intervention for adults living with HIV/Aids

    Nalini Tarakeshwar, Michelle J Pearce et al.ARTICLEMental Health Religion & Culture2005

    The aims of the current study were to (1) describe a spirituality-oriented, group pilot intervention for HIV-positive adults, and (2) examine the preliminary impact of the intervention among a sample (N = 13) of adults living with HIV in an urban city in northeast United States. The 8-session intervention, based on the cognitive theory of stress and coping and the framework of spiritual coping, addressed stressors unique to HIV disease. Changes i…

  • Preschool Children’s Narratives and Performance on the Peabody Individualized Achievement Test – Revised

    Open AccessDaniela K O’Neill, Michelle J Pearce et al.ARTICLEFirst Language2004

    In this study, different measures derived from 41 3- to 4-year-old children’s selfgenerated picture-book narratives and their performance on a general measure of language development (TELD-2, Hresko, Reid & Hammill, 1991) were evaluated with respect to their possible predictive relation two years later with 5 areas of academic achievement (General information, Reading recognition, Reading comprehension, Math, Spelling) assessed using the Peabody …