Prayer and mental health
An introduction to this special issue of Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Alan Lewis (0000-0003-2314-2899, University of Ulster, corresponding author), Michael J Breslin (0000-0003-3433-7237, University of Ulster), Dein (0000-0001-9339-945X, University College London) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13674670701701466 |
| OpenAlex | W1999589570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 20 |
The purpose of this special issue of Mental Health, Religion and Culture was to provide a forum for examples of current research and theorizing examining the relationship between prayer and mental health. This collection, comprising one review article, one theoretical article, eight empirical articles, and six book reviews, is drawn from researchers in the Netherlands, UK, and USA. A variety of different measures of prayer and mental health were employed among various samples. In combination, these studies clearly attest to the importance of prayer to mental health. In combination, this work demonstrated the wide range of matters currently being investigated by researchers, as well as the variety of methodologies being employed within the social scientific study of religion and related disciplines focused on the relationship between prayer and mental health
Mental health · Mental health law · Middle Eastern Mental Health Issues & Syndromes · Prayer · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies
African Americans’ and Black Caribbeans’ Religious Coping for Psychiatric Disorders
Religious Beliefs About Health and the Body and their Association with Subjective Health
Koran reading and negotiation with jinn
Religion and mental health among Nepal earthquake survivors in temporary tent villages
Guilt, Psychological Well-Being and Religiosity in Contemporary Cinema
Varieties of prayer
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire
The development of an abbreviated form of the revised Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQR-A)
The many methods of religious coping
Optimism, coping, and health
The CES-D Scale
'Bridge over Troubled Water'. Further Results Regarding the Receptive Coping Scale
Empirical Studies of Christian Prayer
Types of prayer, optimism, and well-being of middle-aged and older patients undergoing open-heart surgery
Prayer and psychological health
Meaning, God, and prayer
Theoretical models of the nature of prayer and health
The psychology of prayer and the development of the Prayer Experience Questionnaire
Praying and coping
Distinguishing between intention, reference and objective in an analysis of prayer requests for health and well-being
Prayer, personality and happiness
Psychological type and prayer preferences
Prayer and subjective well-being
The psychology of christian prayer
The Influence of Prayer Coping on Mental Health among Cardiac Surgery Patients
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |