J Irene Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 1202883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Irene Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6548-1966 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Predictors of Growth From Spiritual Struggle in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
When coping with intimate partner violence (IPV), many women describe religion/spirituality as a source of comfort and strength. However, they may simultaneously experience distress from religious/spiritual struggles. This mixed-methods study surveyed 58 women who experienced such struggles. It asked whether the struggles could paradoxically lead to spiritual and posttraumatic growth. It additionally sought to identify religious/spiritual factors…
In Recovering From Intimate Partner Violence, Women's Reasons for Forgiving Matter
For women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV), the practice of forgiveness can be an important part of the process of recovery. However, the forgiveness of abusers also brings increased risk of exploitation and return to abusers. This study focused on data contributed by 67 women who experienced IPV and forgave their abusers. It examined the prevalence of four reasons for forgiving (i.e., whether women forgave for the sake of themselve…
Feasibility of using moral injury screening instruments in VA chaplaincy spiritual assessments
Some veterans experience symptoms of moral injury after being exposed to the ethical and moral challenges associated with military service. While it is well known that moral injury is associated with an increased risk for suicide as well as other mental health concerns, few tools exist to systematically screen for moral injury in chaplaincy settings. This preliminary study examines the psychometric properties as well as feasibility of applying tw…
The effects of loneliness and psychological flexibility on veterans’ substance use and physical and mental health functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic
Exposure to potentially morally injurious events and mental health outcomes among frontline workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic
Efforts to facilitate and maintain the well-being of the public health workforce should specifically address critical incidents encountered by frontline workers that have embedded moral and ethical challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Understanding Moral Injury Morbidity
Influence of Provider Gender on Mental Health Stigma
Psychospiritual Developmental Risk Factors for Moral Injury
There is increasing theoretical, clinical, and empirical support for the hypothesis that psychospiritual development, and more specifically, postconventional religious reasoning, may be related to moral injury. In this study, we assessed the contributions of exposure to potentially morally injurious events, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychospiritual development to moral injury symptoms in a sample of military veterans (N = 212). Psychospi…
Developing Organizational Interventions to Address Stigma Among Mental Health Providers
Roles of religion and spirituality among veterans who manage PTSD and their partners
Longitudinal relationship between forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others among individuals with alcohol use disorders
Previous research has suggested that forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others might function differently over the course of addiction recovery. However, we know little about the longitudinal process of these dimensions of forgiveness for individuals addressing alcohol-use disorders. Increased knowledge would inform the content and sequencing of intervention strategies. Three hundred and sixty-four individuals managing alcohol dependence part…
Decreased drinking and Alcoholics Anonymous are associated with different dimensions of spirituality
Reduced drinking influenced aspects of spirituality that have been shown to respond to experience and maturation. AA was associated with aspects of spirituality embedded in the 12 steps which have been shown to be responsive to learning and modeling. This knowledge has the potential to inform decisions about recovery options, and contributes to theoretical understandings of the nature of spiritual change over the course of addiction recovery
Religion and cognitive processing of trauma among newly returned US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
Religion can provide a powerful meaning-making framework that promotes adaptive processing of potentially traumatic events. However, spiritual strain or distress might be associated with maladaptive perceptions of the meaning of possible traumas. These theoretical propositions have yet to be tested in the empirical literature (to our knowledge). This study examined associations between adaptive and maladaptive religious factors – labelled “seekin…
Provider lived experience and stigma
Despite professional values about advocacy for people managing mental health challenges, research on mental health providers indicates that this group expresses as much or more stigma than laypeople. This article reports on a continuing education needs assessment of 101 mental health providers, including evaluation of (a) knowledge about recovery-oriented care, (b) work engagement, (c) provider lived experience with mental health challenges, and …
Client report of spirituality in recovery from serious mental illness
Religious strain and postconventional religiousness in trauma survivors
Social support as a mediator in the relationship between religious comforts and strains and trauma symptoms
Recent research shows that religious and spiritual variables are related to adjustment among those who have experienced trauma (Harris et al., 2008). It is also known that social support influences posttraumatic adjustment (Frazier et al., 2011). Critics have argued that religious and spiritual variables primarily serve as a proxy for social support because individuals in spiritual communities access higher levels of social support than those wit…
Prayer Coping, Disclosure of Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Recently Deployed United States Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts
U.S. military veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are at risk for developing adverse mental health symptoms. This study was conducted to examine the associations between prayer coping, attitudes toward trauma disclosure, and mental health symptoms (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and depression) among 110 U.S. veterans who had returned from deployments in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom within the previous 6…
Coping Functions of Prayer and Posttraumatic Growth
Research on prayer and posttraumatic growth (PTG) indicates that those who pray report more PTG. Research is beginning to identify which types of prayer may be operating in this relationship. We sought to identify specific prayer functions related to PTG while considering differences due to the types of trauma experienced. Participants were trauma survivors from diverse, Midwestern Christian churches (N = 327). Participants completed questionnair…
Religious Attitudes, Internalized Homophobia, and Identity in Gay and Lesbian Adults
The purpose of this study was to develop an empirical base for interventions and further research for lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults experiencing conflict between their religious beliefs and sexual orientation by identifying relations between religious beliefs, commitments, and attitudes to indicators of positive adjustment. Ninety-nine lesbian, gay, or bisexual participants responded to measures of internalized homophobia, gay identity develo…
Preferred Prayer Styles and Anxiety Control
Approaches to religiosity related to anxiety among college students
To date, the literature on religiosity and anxiety has yielded mixed results. Available results suggest that constellations of religious attitudes, commitment and denominational subcultures have diverse relationships with types of anxiety. A sample of college students from a predominantly conservative Christian area responded to the Prayer Functions Scale, the Religious Commitment Inventory, the Scriptural Literalism Scale, the Fowler Religious A…
Coping Functions of Prayer and Posttraumatic Growth
Research on prayer and posttraumatic growth (PTG) indicates that those who pray report more PTG. Research is beginning to identify which types of prayer may be operating in this relationship. We sought to identify specific prayer functions related to PTG while considering differences due to the types of trauma experienced. Participants were trauma survivors from diverse, Midwestern Christian churches (N = 327). Participants completed questionnair…
Developing Organizational Interventions to Address Stigma Among Mental Health Providers
Prayer Coping, Disclosure of Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Recently Deployed United States Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts
U.S. military veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are at risk for developing adverse mental health symptoms. This study was conducted to examine the associations between prayer coping, attitudes toward trauma disclosure, and mental health symptoms (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and depression) among 110 U.S. veterans who had returned from deployments in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom within the previous 6…
Psychospiritual Developmental Risk Factors for Moral Injury
There is increasing theoretical, clinical, and empirical support for the hypothesis that psychospiritual development, and more specifically, postconventional religious reasoning, may be related to moral injury. In this study, we assessed the contributions of exposure to potentially morally injurious events, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychospiritual development to moral injury symptoms in a sample of military veterans (N = 212). Psychospi…
Approaches to religiosity related to anxiety among college students
To date, the literature on religiosity and anxiety has yielded mixed results. Available results suggest that constellations of religious attitudes, commitment and denominational subcultures have diverse relationships with types of anxiety. A sample of college students from a predominantly conservative Christian area responded to the Prayer Functions Scale, the Religious Commitment Inventory, the Scriptural Literalism Scale, the Fowler Religious A…
Preferred Prayer Styles and Anxiety Control
Religious Attitudes, Internalized Homophobia, and Identity in Gay and Lesbian Adults
The purpose of this study was to develop an empirical base for interventions and further research for lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults experiencing conflict between their religious beliefs and sexual orientation by identifying relations between religious beliefs, commitments, and attitudes to indicators of positive adjustment. Ninety-nine lesbian, gay, or bisexual participants responded to measures of internalized homophobia, gay identity develo…
Coping Functions of Prayer and Posttraumatic Growth
Research on prayer and posttraumatic growth (PTG) indicates that those who pray report more PTG. Research is beginning to identify which types of prayer may be operating in this relationship. We sought to identify specific prayer functions related to PTG while considering differences due to the types of trauma experienced. Participants were trauma survivors from diverse, Midwestern Christian churches (N = 327). Participants completed questionnair…
Social support as a mediator in the relationship between religious comforts and strains and trauma symptoms
Recent research shows that religious and spiritual variables are related to adjustment among those who have experienced trauma (Harris et al., 2008). It is also known that social support influences posttraumatic adjustment (Frazier et al., 2011). Critics have argued that religious and spiritual variables primarily serve as a proxy for social support because individuals in spiritual communities access higher levels of social support than those wit…
Prayer Coping, Disclosure of Trauma, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Recently Deployed United States Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts
U.S. military veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are at risk for developing adverse mental health symptoms. This study was conducted to examine the associations between prayer coping, attitudes toward trauma disclosure, and mental health symptoms (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and depression) among 110 U.S. veterans who had returned from deployments in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom within the previous 6…
Client report of spirituality in recovery from serious mental illness
Religious strain and postconventional religiousness in trauma survivors
Provider lived experience and stigma
Despite professional values about advocacy for people managing mental health challenges, research on mental health providers indicates that this group expresses as much or more stigma than laypeople. This article reports on a continuing education needs assessment of 101 mental health providers, including evaluation of (a) knowledge about recovery-oriented care, (b) work engagement, (c) provider lived experience with mental health challenges, and …
Decreased drinking and Alcoholics Anonymous are associated with different dimensions of spirituality
Reduced drinking influenced aspects of spirituality that have been shown to respond to experience and maturation. AA was associated with aspects of spirituality embedded in the 12 steps which have been shown to be responsive to learning and modeling. This knowledge has the potential to inform decisions about recovery options, and contributes to theoretical understandings of the nature of spiritual change over the course of addiction recovery
Religion and cognitive processing of trauma among newly returned US Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
Religion can provide a powerful meaning-making framework that promotes adaptive processing of potentially traumatic events. However, spiritual strain or distress might be associated with maladaptive perceptions of the meaning of possible traumas. These theoretical propositions have yet to be tested in the empirical literature (to our knowledge). This study examined associations between adaptive and maladaptive religious factors – labelled “seekin…
Roles of religion and spirituality among veterans who manage PTSD and their partners
Longitudinal relationship between forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others among individuals with alcohol use disorders
Previous research has suggested that forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others might function differently over the course of addiction recovery. However, we know little about the longitudinal process of these dimensions of forgiveness for individuals addressing alcohol-use disorders. Increased knowledge would inform the content and sequencing of intervention strategies. Three hundred and sixty-four individuals managing alcohol dependence part…
Developing Organizational Interventions to Address Stigma Among Mental Health Providers
Psychospiritual Developmental Risk Factors for Moral Injury
There is increasing theoretical, clinical, and empirical support for the hypothesis that psychospiritual development, and more specifically, postconventional religious reasoning, may be related to moral injury. In this study, we assessed the contributions of exposure to potentially morally injurious events, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychospiritual development to moral injury symptoms in a sample of military veterans (N = 212). Psychospi…
Understanding Moral Injury Morbidity
Influence of Provider Gender on Mental Health Stigma
Feasibility of using moral injury screening instruments in VA chaplaincy spiritual assessments
Some veterans experience symptoms of moral injury after being exposed to the ethical and moral challenges associated with military service. While it is well known that moral injury is associated with an increased risk for suicide as well as other mental health concerns, few tools exist to systematically screen for moral injury in chaplaincy settings. This preliminary study examines the psychometric properties as well as feasibility of applying tw…
The effects of loneliness and psychological flexibility on veterans’ substance use and physical and mental health functioning during the Covid-19 pandemic
Exposure to potentially morally injurious events and mental health outcomes among frontline workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic
Efforts to facilitate and maintain the well-being of the public health workforce should specifically address critical incidents encountered by frontline workers that have embedded moral and ethical challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
In Recovering From Intimate Partner Violence, Women's Reasons for Forgiving Matter
For women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV), the practice of forgiveness can be an important part of the process of recovery. However, the forgiveness of abusers also brings increased risk of exploitation and return to abusers. This study focused on data contributed by 67 women who experienced IPV and forgave their abusers. It examined the prevalence of four reasons for forgiving (i.e., whether women forgave for the sake of themselve…
Predictors of Growth From Spiritual Struggle in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
When coping with intimate partner violence (IPV), many women describe religion/spirituality as a source of comfort and strength. However, they may simultaneously experience distress from religious/spiritual struggles. This mixed-methods study surveyed 58 women who experienced such struggles. It asked whether the struggles could paradoxically lead to spiritual and posttraumatic growth. It additionally sought to identify religious/spiritual factors…
Psychology (20 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Psychotherapist (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (8 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works)