Nava R Silton

Biographic Data

ID5605001
NAMENava R Silton
GIVEN NAMESNava R
FAMILY NAMESilton
SIGNATURESILTON N R
AFFILIATIONSMarymount Manhattan College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • “I wonder, what if, let’s try”

    Shalom M Fisch, Katelyn Fletcher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children and Media2024

    To investigate whether educational television can enhance problem-solving process skills among preschool children, 116 three- to five-year-olds watched 12 episodes of Sesame Street – either engineering-based “playful problem solving” episodes, or episodes about social-emotional learning. Assessments were conducted on three levels: comprehension and delayed recall of educational content, parental observations of learning, and transfer of learning.…

  • Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society

    Nava R SiltonEDITORBOOKFamily Dynamics and Romantic…2017

  • Religion, meaning and purpose, and mental health

    Kathleen Galek, Kevin J Flannelly et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Religion and…2015

    The present study was specifically designed to examine the associations among religious commitment, belief in meaning and purpose in life, and psychiatric symptoms among the general public using data from the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey (BRS). The BRS obtained data from a nationwide sample of 1,714 U.S. adults, 1,450 of which are included in the current analyses. The central hypothesis of the study, based on identity theory, was that religious co…

  • Beliefs About God and Mental Health Among American Adults

    Open AccessNava R Silton, Kevin J Flannelly et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2014

  • Religion, Forgiveness, Hostility and Health

    Open AccessLaura J Lutjen, Nava R Silton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2012

  • Belief in Life-After-Death, Beliefs About the World, and Psychiatric Symptoms

    Open AccessKevin J Flannelly, C G Ellison et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2012

  • Pray Tell

    Open AccessNava R Silton, Kevin J Flannelly et al.ARTICLEPastoral Psychology2012References: 2

  • The Association between Religious Beliefs and Practices and End-of-Life Fears among Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

    Open AccessNava R Silton, Kevin J Flannelly et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2011References: 32

    This study examines the association between various religious beliefs and practices and fears pertaining to death and dying in a national sample of liberal Protestant U.S. adults. Data were analyzed from a 2002 survey of members and elders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) ( N = 935). Four measures of religion were tested together in models predicting four end-of-life fears. Church attendance ( p

  • To Pray or Not to Pray

    Kathleen Galek, Nava R Silton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2010

    Analysis of Covariance was conducted on quantitative data collected by chaplains from January 2005 to December 2008. Data from 82 Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant chaplains, consisting of 53 CPE students and 29 professional chaplains were used in this study. Overall, chaplains exhibited a statistically significant higher rate of prayer with patients from their own religion (religious concordance) than they did with patients of different religions…

  • Religiosity, Empathy, and Psychopathology among Young Adult Children of Rabbis

    Open AccessNava R Silton, Joshua FogelARTICLEArchive for the Psychology of…2010

    Rabbis’ children experience unique stresses which may make them particularly susceptible to various forms of psychopathology. Fifty-three rabbis’ children completed questionnaires assessing their frequency of religious service attendance, their reactions towards being a rabbi's child, empathy levels, depressive, anxious, and disordered eating symptoms. Linear regression analyses were used for the separate outcome variables of depressive, anxiety,…

  • Religion in America—1972–2006

    Open AccessKevin J Flannelly, Kathleen Galek et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2010

    The present study used data from the General Social Survey, collected between 1972 and 2006 (N = 45,463) to analyze changes over time in three aspects of religion among American adults: religious affiliation, frequency of attending religious services, and strength of faith. The last two measures were analyzed only for survey participants who had a religious affiliation. Ordinary least-squares regression confirmed a significant decrease in religio…

  • Complementary Alternative Medicine Practices Used by Religious Professionals

    Katherine R B Jankowski, Nava R Silton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2009

    Religious professionals completed an online survey of their use of health related practices currently known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). They indicated how often they engaged in these practices and how often they had used these practices when helping other people. The majority of religious professionals used at least one of the practices when alone and when helping other people. The most frequently used practices were meditati…

  • Shema, Vidui, Yivarechecha

    Nava R Silton, Cecille Allman Asekoff et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2009

    A 90-minute focus group was conducted with five male and two female Jewish professional chaplains from Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox backgrounds. This study describes and discusses eight principal themes that emerged from the focus group: (a) the identity, (b) role, and (c) practices of a chaplain; (d) Jewish chaplaincy prayers; (e) practices for chronic versus acute care; (f) patients' reactions to the chaplain's gender; (g) general and spi…