Sexual preference or opportunity: an examination of situational factors by gender of victims of clergy abuse.

The overwhelming number of male victims of clergy sexual abuse led to assumptions regarding sexual preference of clergy offenders. The present study examined 9,540 records (incidents) of alleged cleri…

Violences Sexuelles en Contexte Sectaire
Holt, K., & Massey, C. (2013). Sexual preference or opportunity: an examination of situational factors by gender of victims of clergy abuse.. Sex Abuse, 25(6), 606-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063211425690

Experiences of activity and causality in schizophrenia: when predictive deficits lead to a retrospective over-binding.

In this paper I discuss an intriguing and relatively little studied symptomatic expression of schizophrenia known as experiences of activity in which patients form the delusion that they can control s…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Martin, J. R. (2013). Experiences of activity and causality in schizophrenia: when predictive deficits lead to a retrospective over-binding.. Conscious Cogn, 22(4), 1361-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.09.003

The relationship of religious and general coping to psychological adjustment and distress in urban adolescents.

The present study explored the relationships among stress, general and religious coping, and mental health in a sample of urban adolescents. The participants included 587 9th- through 12th-grade stude…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Terreri, C. J., & Glenwick, D. S. (2013). The relationship of religious and general coping to psychological adjustment and distress in urban adolescents.. J Relig Health, 52(4), 1188-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-011-9555-8

Religious coping among psychotic patients: relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes.

Religious coping is very common among individuals with psychosis, however its relevance to symptoms and treatment outcomes remains unclear. We conducted a prospective study in a clinical sample of n=4…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Rosmarin, D. H., Bigda-Peyton, J. S., Öngur, D., Pargament, K. I., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). Religious coping among psychotic patients: relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes.. Psychiatry Res, 210(1), 182-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.023

Attitudes of Lebanese university students towards surgical hymen reconstruction.

Many cultural and religious beliefs place virginity at a high level of social significance, in that women who lose their virginity before marriage may face humiliation, ostracism, divorce, and extreme…

Abus Spirituels et Emprise Religieuse Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Awwad, J., Nassar, A., Usta, I., Shaya, M., Younes, Z., & Ghazeeri, G. (2013). Attitudes of Lebanese university students towards surgical hymen reconstruction.. Arch Sex Behav, 42(8), 1627-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0161-6

Faith to move mountains: religious coping, spirituality, and interpersonal trauma recovery.

Interpersonal trauma is pervasive globally and may result in long-term consequences physically, cognitively, behaviorally, socially, and spiritually (Bryant-Davis, 2005b). One of the protective factor…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Bryant-Davis, T., & Wong, E. C. (2013). Faith to move mountains: religious coping, spirituality, and interpersonal trauma recovery.. Am Psychol, 68(8), 675-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034380

Unanticipated death of a partner: the loss experience of bereaved girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers.

This qualitative study examined the loss experience of 15 Israeli bereaved girlfriends of fallen soldiers. The girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers are socially unacknowledged as being bereaved. Thi…

Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Leichtentritt, R. D., Leichtentritt, J., Barzilai, Y., & Pedatsur-Sukenik, N. (2013). Unanticipated death of a partner: the loss experience of bereaved girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers.. Death Stud, 37(9), 803-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2012.699907

Art and epilepsy surgery.

The impact of health and disease has led many artists to depict these themes for thousands of years. Specifically, epilepsy has been the subject of many famous works, likely because of the dramatic an…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Ladino, L. D., Hunter, G., & Téllez-Zenteno, J. F. (2013). Art and epilepsy surgery.. Epilepsy Behav, 29(1), 82-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.028

Transcultural perspectives of sensory phenomena in Arab Muslim patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may vary across cultures. This is article discusses six case presentations of Arabic Muslim people suffering from OCD and is closely associate…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Abouhendy, W., & Jawad, S. (2013). Transcultural perspectives of sensory phenomena in Arab Muslim patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Ir J Psychol Med, 30(3), 205-207. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2013.35

Jewish spirituality, depression, and health: an empirical test of a conceptual framework.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the links between spirituality and mental health among Jews.PURPOSE: This study assessed trust/mistrust in God and religious coping and examined their relationships t…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Krumrei, E. J., Pirutinsky, S., & Rosmarin, D. H. (2013). Jewish spirituality, depression, and health: an empirical test of a conceptual framework.. Int J Behav Med, 20(3), 327-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-012-9248-z

Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics.

It has been hypothesized that illusory agency detection is at the basis of belief in supernatural agents and paranormal beliefs. In the present study a biological motion perception task was used to st…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
van, E. l. k. . M. (2013). Paranormal believers are more prone to illusory agency detection than skeptics.. Conscious Cogn, 22(3), 1041-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.07.004

Brief screening for psychosis-like experiences.

OBJECTIVE: Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are common, and are markers of poor mental health. This study examined the internal structure of a screening test, the Community Assessment of Psychic Expe…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Capra, C., Kavanagh, D. J., Hides, L., & Scott, J. (2013). Brief screening for psychosis-like experiences.. Schizophr Res, 149(1-3), 104-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.020