Alex Uzdavines
Biographic Data
| ID | 1239115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Uzdavines |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Uzdavines |
| SIGNATURE | UZDAVINES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5829-9648 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Agnostics Have More Spiritual Struggles Than Atheists—But More Positive Images, Emotions, and Motivations Around the Idea of God
Religious and spiritual struggles among transgender and gender-nonconforming adults
Researcher Degrees of Freedom in the Psychology of Religion
There is a push in psychology toward more transparent practices, stemming partially as a response to the replication crisis. We argue that the psychology of religion should help lead the way toward these new, more transparent practices to ensure a robust and dynamic subfield. One of the major issues that proponents of Open Science practices hope to address is researcher degrees of freedom (RDF). We pre-registered and conducted a systematic review…
The Reasons of Atheists and Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale
Relational reasons for nonbelief in the existence of gods
God Belief as an Innate Aspect of Human Nature
John Shook’s article “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” (this volume) critiques research findings and writings by Justin Barrett suggesting that god beliefs may be innate among human beings. In response to points raised by Shook, we first discuss several complications that need to be balanced when defining and assessing the innateness hypothesis. Second, we address the question of how both god believers and nonbel…
Bifactor Models of Religious and Spiritual Struggles
The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) measures important psychological constructs in an underemphasized section of the overlap between religion and well-being. Are religious/spiritual struggles distinct from religiousness, distress, and each other? To test the RSS' internal discriminant validity, we replicated the original six-factor measurement model across five large samples (N = 5705) and tested the fit of a restricted bifactor mod…
Bifactor Models of Religious and Spiritual Struggles
The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) measures important psychological constructs in an underemphasized section of the overlap between religion and well-being. Are religious/spiritual struggles distinct from religiousness, distress, and each other? To test the RSS' internal discriminant validity, we replicated the original six-factor measurement model across five large samples (N = 5705) and tested the fit of a restricted bifactor mod…
God Belief as an Innate Aspect of Human Nature
John Shook’s article “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” (this volume) critiques research findings and writings by Justin Barrett suggesting that god beliefs may be innate among human beings. In response to points raised by Shook, we first discuss several complications that need to be balanced when defining and assessing the innateness hypothesis. Second, we address the question of how both god believers and nonbel…
Bifactor Models of Religious and Spiritual Struggles
The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS) measures important psychological constructs in an underemphasized section of the overlap between religion and well-being. Are religious/spiritual struggles distinct from religiousness, distress, and each other? To test the RSS' internal discriminant validity, we replicated the original six-factor measurement model across five large samples (N = 5705) and tested the fit of a restricted bifactor mod…
Relational reasons for nonbelief in the existence of gods
God Belief as an Innate Aspect of Human Nature
John Shook’s article “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” (this volume) critiques research findings and writings by Justin Barrett suggesting that god beliefs may be innate among human beings. In response to points raised by Shook, we first discuss several complications that need to be balanced when defining and assessing the innateness hypothesis. Second, we address the question of how both god believers and nonbel…
The Reasons of Atheists and Agnostics for Nonbelief in God’s Existence Scale
Researcher Degrees of Freedom in the Psychology of Religion
There is a push in psychology toward more transparent practices, stemming partially as a response to the replication crisis. We argue that the psychology of religion should help lead the way toward these new, more transparent practices to ensure a robust and dynamic subfield. One of the major issues that proponents of Open Science practices hope to address is researcher degrees of freedom (RDF). We pre-registered and conducted a systematic review…
Religious and spiritual struggles among transgender and gender-nonconforming adults
Agnostics Have More Spiritual Struggles Than Atheists—But More Positive Images, Emotions, and Motivations Around the Idea of God
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)