Forgiveness and health in christian women.

Researchers in psychology have studied the influence of forgiveness on the both the psychological and physical health of individuals. In addition, parish nursing is also looking at forgiveness as a po…

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Quenstedt-Moe, G., & Popkess, S. (2014). Forgiveness and health in christian women.. J Relig Health, 53(1), 204-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9603-z

Methodological and theoretical improvements in the study of superstitious beliefs and behaviour.

Via four studies (N = 901), we developed an improved Belief in Superstition Scale (BSS) composed of three distinct components (belief in bad luck, belief in good luck, and the belief that luck can be …

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Fluke, S. M., Webster, R. J., & Saucier, D. A. (2014). Methodological and theoretical improvements in the study of superstitious beliefs and behaviour.. Br J Psychol, 105(1), 102-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12008

Handedness differences in information framing.

Previous research has shown that strength of handedness predicts differences in sensory illusions, Stroop interference, episodic memory, and beliefs about body image. Recent evidence also suggests han…

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Jasper, J. D., Fournier, C., & Christman, S. D. (2014). Handedness differences in information framing.. Brain Cogn, 84(1), 85-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2013.11.006

Prayer in Response to Negative Intrusive Thoughts: Closer Examination of a Religious Neutralizing Strategy.

Few studies have systematically examined the covert neutralizing strategies that serve to maintain and exacerbate the frequency and distress related to intrusive thoughts. Given the lack of research i…

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Berman, N. C., Stark, A., Ramsey, K., Cooperman, A., & Abramowitz, J. S. (2014). Prayer in Response to Negative Intrusive Thoughts: Closer Examination of a Religious Neutralizing Strategy.. J Cogn Psychother, 28(2), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.28.2.87

Incompleteness as a link between obsessive-compulsive personality traits and specific symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

UNLABELLED: This paper examines the contribution of incompleteness/'not just right experiences' (NJREs) to an understanding of the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessiv…

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Ecker, W., Kupfer, J., & Gönner, S. (2014). Incompleteness as a link between obsessive-compulsive personality traits and specific symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Clin Psychol Psychother, 21(5), 394-402. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.1842

The intelligence paradox; will ET get the metabolic syndrome? Lessons from and for Earth.

Mankind is facing an unprecedented health challenge in the current pandemic of obesity and diabetes. We propose that this is the inevitable (and predictable) consequence of the evolution of intelligen…

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Nunn, A. V., Guy, G. W., & Bell, J. D. (2014). The intelligence paradox; will ET get the metabolic syndrome? Lessons from and for Earth.. Nutr Metab (Lond), 11, 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-11-34

Cosmological immortality: how to eliminate aging on a universal scale.

The death of our universe is as certain as our individual death. Some cosmologists have elaborated models which would make the cosmos immortal. In this paper, I examine them as cosmological extrapolat…

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Vidal, C. (2014). Cosmological immortality: how to eliminate aging on a universal scale.. Curr Aging Sci, 7(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874609807666140521111107

Family structure and eating behavior disorders.

INTRODUCTION: The modern way of life, characterized by the cult of individualism, discredited authority, and a proliferation of points of view about reality, has modified family structure. This social…

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Mateos-Agut, M., GarcĂ­a-Alonso, I., De, l. a. . G. Ă. ˇ. n. d. a. r. a. -. M. a. r. t. Ă. ­. n. . J. J., Vegas-Miguel, M. I., Sebastián-Vega, C., Sanz-Cid, B., MartĂ­nez-Villares, A., & MartĂ­n-MartĂ­nez, E. (2014). Family structure and eating behavior disorders.. Actas Esp Psiquiatr, 42(6), 267-80.

Religiousness, religious doubt, and death anxiety.

Terror Management Theory (TMT) (Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986) suggests that culturally-provided worldviews (e.g., religion) may protect individuals from experiencing death anxiety, and seve…

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Henrie, J., & Patrick, J. H. (2014). Religiousness, religious doubt, and death anxiety.. Int J Aging Hum Dev, 78(3), 203-27. https://doi.org/10.2190/AG.78.3.a

The relationship between magical thinking, inferential confusion and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Inferential confusion is an under-researched faulty reasoning process in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Based on an overreliance on imagined possibilities, it shares similarities with the extens…

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Goods, N. A., Rees, C. S., Egan, S. J., & Kane, R. T. (2014). The relationship between magical thinking, inferential confusion and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.. Cogn Behav Ther, 43(4), 342-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2014.941393

Living with heart failure: psychosocial resources, meaning, gratitude and well-being.

OBJECTIVES: The present study explored the experiences of people living with advanced heart failure (HF) to determine the extent to which (1) psychosocial resources relevant to HF patients were qualit…

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Sacco, S. J., Park, C. L., Suresh, D. P., & Bliss, D. (2014). Living with heart failure: psychosocial resources, meaning, gratitude and well-being.. Heart Lung, 43(3), 213-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.01.012

Influence of religious aspects and personal beliefs on psychological behavior: focus on anxiety disorders.

The current paper presents literature relevant to the relationship of religiosity, spirituality, and personal beliefs with mental health and, in particular, anxiety disorders as an empirical narrative…

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Agorastos, A., Demiralay, C., & Huber, C. G. (2014). Influence of religious aspects and personal beliefs on psychological behavior: focus on anxiety disorders.. Psychol Res Behav Manag, 7, 93-101. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S43666