Charles R Carlson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4224906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles R Carlson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles R |
| FAMILY NAME | Carlson |
| SIGNATURE | CARLSON C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3532-9856 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Religious beliefs and behaviors as predictors of substance use among college students
A Campus Climate/Violence Survey’s Psychometrics and Findings
Data from a campus climate/violence survey (CCS) include psychometric information for survey items/scales plus findings from a large state university to promote its usefulness for assessment of interpersonal violence/harassment. This CCS can thus be evaluated for its measurement and documented findings, allowing for benchmarking purposes. An innovative measurement strategy is introduced to comprehensively capture incidence of victimization types …
Understanding the Relationship Between Religiousness, Spirituality, and Underage Drinking: The Role of Positive Alcohol Expectancies
Using Virtual Reality to Explore Self-Regulation in High-Risk Settings
Virtual reality (VR) models allow investigators to explore high-risk situations carefully in the laboratory using physiological assessment strategies and controlled conditions not available in field settings. This article introduces the use of a virtual experience to examine the influence of self-regulatory skills training on female participants’ reactions to a high-risk encounter with an aggressive male. Sixty-three female participants were recr…
A Preliminary Study of Cigarette Smoking in Female Orofacial Pain Patients
The relationship between behavior (eg, diet, exercise, substance use) and the functioning of chronic-pain patients, including orofacial-pain patients, is poorly understood. This preliminary study examined cigarette smoking and both pain-related and psychological functioning in female orofacial-pain patients. Correlates of intentions to quit smoking were also explored. There were 48 participants in this cross-sectional study. Smokers reported sign…
A test of religious commitment and spiritual transcendence as independent predictors of underage alcohol use and alcohol-related problems
Religiousness exerts a protective effect against underage alcohol use, but it is largely unknown whether its protective quality extends equally to alcohol-related problems. It is also unclear to what extent spirituality, which is related to religiousness, exerts a similar protective effect. The current study examined whether facets of religiousness and spirituality - religious commitment and spiritual transcendence - were differentially related t…
Relations Among Religiousness, Spirituality, and Sexual Practices
Although religiousness is commonly associated with limited sexual activity, little is known about spirituality's unique effect. Study aims involved measuring spirituality's unique affect on young adults' sexual practices (frequency of sex, number of sexual partners, and condom use) and determining whether spirituality adds significant increment over well-established predictors. Three hundred fifty-three (61% female) heterosexual young adults aged…
The Link Between Religion and Spirituality and Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Optimism and Social Support
Although optimism, social support, religiousness, and spirituality are important predictors of adjustment, rarely have studies examined these variables simultaneously. This study investigated whether optimism and social support mediated the relationship between religiousness and adjustment (distress and life satisfaction) and between spirituality and adjustment. Findings indicate that the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and life sati…
Religious Orientation, Mature Faith, and Psychological Distress: Elements of Positive and Negative Associations
There are substantial data exploring the link between religiousness and health, yet there is little consensus regarding the nature of the relationship between religiousness domains and mental health. The purpose of this study was to identify the types of mental health outcomes associated with religiousness domains. Participants included 251 (M= 19.02; range = 17-25) young adults who completed self-report measures of religiousness (Intrinsic, Extr…
Posttraumatic growth following breast cancer: A controlled comparison study.
Cancer may be viewed as a psychosocial transition with the potential for positive and negative outcomes. This cross-sectional study (a) compared breast cancer (BC) survivors' (n = 70) self-reports of depression, well-being, and posttraumatic growth with those of age- and education-matched healthy comparison women (n = 70) and (b) identified correlates of posttraumatic growth among BC survivors. Groups did not differ in depression or well-being, b…
A Controlled Evaluation of Devotional Meditation and Progressive Relaxation
The present study was conducted to determine the effects of devotional meditation (DM), defined as a period of prayer and quiet reading and pondering of biblical material, on physiological and psychological variables related to stress. It was hypothesized that religious persons engaging in DM experience physiological and psychological changes similar to those reported for persons using progressive relaxation (PR) exercises. Thirty-six participant…
Inoculation by emotion: Effects of positive emotional states on children's reactions to social comparison
Our purpose was to determine the influence of positive emotional states on young children's responses to social comparisons and to test the hypothesis that self-focused positive eomtional states "innoculate" children against the behavioral consequences of negative social comparison. five- and 6-yr-old children, equally divided by sex, were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 emotion-inducing conditions: self-focused happy, other-focused happy, or neutral…
Children's affective, behavioral, and cognitive responses to social comparison
Children's and adults' recognition of spontaneous and posed emotional expressions in young children
The present study investigated the degree to which 4–5 yr olds (n = 48) can enact expressions of emotion recognizable by peers and adults; the study also examined whether accuracy of recognition was a function of age and whether the expression was posed or spontaneous. Adults (n = 103) were much more accurate than children in recognizing neutral states, slightly more accurate in recognizing happiness and anger, and equally accurate in recognizing…
Children's and adults' recognition of spontaneous and posed emotional expressions in young children
The present study investigated the degree to which 4–5 yr olds (n = 48) can enact expressions of emotion recognizable by peers and adults; the study also examined whether accuracy of recognition was a function of age and whether the expression was posed or spontaneous. Adults (n = 103) were much more accurate than children in recognizing neutral states, slightly more accurate in recognizing happiness and anger, and equally accurate in recognizing…
Relations Among Religiousness, Spirituality, and Sexual Practices
Although religiousness is commonly associated with limited sexual activity, little is known about spirituality's unique effect. Study aims involved measuring spirituality's unique affect on young adults' sexual practices (frequency of sex, number of sexual partners, and condom use) and determining whether spirituality adds significant increment over well-established predictors. Three hundred fifty-three (61% female) heterosexual young adults aged…
Religious Orientation, Mature Faith, and Psychological Distress: Elements of Positive and Negative Associations
There are substantial data exploring the link between religiousness and health, yet there is little consensus regarding the nature of the relationship between religiousness domains and mental health. The purpose of this study was to identify the types of mental health outcomes associated with religiousness domains. Participants included 251 (M= 19.02; range = 17-25) young adults who completed self-report measures of religiousness (Intrinsic, Extr…
A Campus Climate/Violence Survey’s Psychometrics and Findings
Data from a campus climate/violence survey (CCS) include psychometric information for survey items/scales plus findings from a large state university to promote its usefulness for assessment of interpersonal violence/harassment. This CCS can thus be evaluated for its measurement and documented findings, allowing for benchmarking purposes. An innovative measurement strategy is introduced to comprehensively capture incidence of victimization types …
Inoculation by emotion: Effects of positive emotional states on children's reactions to social comparison
Our purpose was to determine the influence of positive emotional states on young children's responses to social comparisons and to test the hypothesis that self-focused positive eomtional states "innoculate" children against the behavioral consequences of negative social comparison. five- and 6-yr-old children, equally divided by sex, were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 emotion-inducing conditions: self-focused happy, other-focused happy, or neutral…
Children's affective, behavioral, and cognitive responses to social comparison
Children's and adults' recognition of spontaneous and posed emotional expressions in young children
The present study investigated the degree to which 4–5 yr olds (n = 48) can enact expressions of emotion recognizable by peers and adults; the study also examined whether accuracy of recognition was a function of age and whether the expression was posed or spontaneous. Adults (n = 103) were much more accurate than children in recognizing neutral states, slightly more accurate in recognizing happiness and anger, and equally accurate in recognizing…
Children's affective, behavioral, and cognitive responses to social comparison
Inoculation by emotion: Effects of positive emotional states on children's reactions to social comparison
Our purpose was to determine the influence of positive emotional states on young children's responses to social comparisons and to test the hypothesis that self-focused positive eomtional states "innoculate" children against the behavioral consequences of negative social comparison. five- and 6-yr-old children, equally divided by sex, were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 emotion-inducing conditions: self-focused happy, other-focused happy, or neutral…
A Controlled Evaluation of Devotional Meditation and Progressive Relaxation
The present study was conducted to determine the effects of devotional meditation (DM), defined as a period of prayer and quiet reading and pondering of biblical material, on physiological and psychological variables related to stress. It was hypothesized that religious persons engaging in DM experience physiological and psychological changes similar to those reported for persons using progressive relaxation (PR) exercises. Thirty-six participant…
Posttraumatic growth following breast cancer: A controlled comparison study.
Cancer may be viewed as a psychosocial transition with the potential for positive and negative outcomes. This cross-sectional study (a) compared breast cancer (BC) survivors' (n = 70) self-reports of depression, well-being, and posttraumatic growth with those of age- and education-matched healthy comparison women (n = 70) and (b) identified correlates of posttraumatic growth among BC survivors. Groups did not differ in depression or well-being, b…
The Link Between Religion and Spirituality and Psychological Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Optimism and Social Support
Although optimism, social support, religiousness, and spirituality are important predictors of adjustment, rarely have studies examined these variables simultaneously. This study investigated whether optimism and social support mediated the relationship between religiousness and adjustment (distress and life satisfaction) and between spirituality and adjustment. Findings indicate that the relationship between intrinsic religiousness and life sati…
Religious Orientation, Mature Faith, and Psychological Distress: Elements of Positive and Negative Associations
There are substantial data exploring the link between religiousness and health, yet there is little consensus regarding the nature of the relationship between religiousness domains and mental health. The purpose of this study was to identify the types of mental health outcomes associated with religiousness domains. Participants included 251 (M= 19.02; range = 17-25) young adults who completed self-report measures of religiousness (Intrinsic, Extr…
Relations Among Religiousness, Spirituality, and Sexual Practices
Although religiousness is commonly associated with limited sexual activity, little is known about spirituality's unique effect. Study aims involved measuring spirituality's unique affect on young adults' sexual practices (frequency of sex, number of sexual partners, and condom use) and determining whether spirituality adds significant increment over well-established predictors. Three hundred fifty-three (61% female) heterosexual young adults aged…
A test of religious commitment and spiritual transcendence as independent predictors of underage alcohol use and alcohol-related problems
Religiousness exerts a protective effect against underage alcohol use, but it is largely unknown whether its protective quality extends equally to alcohol-related problems. It is also unclear to what extent spirituality, which is related to religiousness, exerts a similar protective effect. The current study examined whether facets of religiousness and spirituality - religious commitment and spiritual transcendence - were differentially related t…
A Preliminary Study of Cigarette Smoking in Female Orofacial Pain Patients
The relationship between behavior (eg, diet, exercise, substance use) and the functioning of chronic-pain patients, including orofacial-pain patients, is poorly understood. This preliminary study examined cigarette smoking and both pain-related and psychological functioning in female orofacial-pain patients. Correlates of intentions to quit smoking were also explored. There were 48 participants in this cross-sectional study. Smokers reported sign…
Understanding the Relationship Between Religiousness, Spirituality, and Underage Drinking: The Role of Positive Alcohol Expectancies
Using Virtual Reality to Explore Self-Regulation in High-Risk Settings
Virtual reality (VR) models allow investigators to explore high-risk situations carefully in the laboratory using physiological assessment strategies and controlled conditions not available in field settings. This article introduces the use of a virtual experience to examine the influence of self-regulatory skills training on female participants’ reactions to a high-risk encounter with an aggressive male. Sixty-three female participants were recr…
Religious beliefs and behaviors as predictors of substance use among college students
A Campus Climate/Violence Survey’s Psychometrics and Findings
Data from a campus climate/violence survey (CCS) include psychometric information for survey items/scales plus findings from a large state university to promote its usefulness for assessment of interpersonal violence/harassment. This CCS can thus be evaluated for its measurement and documented findings, allowing for benchmarking purposes. An innovative measurement strategy is introduced to comprehensively capture incidence of victimization types …
Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Spirituality (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Religiosity (3 works)