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- 1From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedResearchers have identified health implications of religiosity and spirituality but have rarely addressed differences between these dimensions. The associations of religiosity and spirituality with physical and mental...
- 2From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPrevious research in the general population suggests that intrinsic religiosity moderates (mitigates) the effect of poor physical health on depression. However, few studies have focused specifically on the Jewish...
- 3From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWe examined the association between different types of prayer and depressive symptoms--with rumination and social support as potential mediators--in a sample of predominantly White, Christian, and female ambulatory...
- 4From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedReligiousness has been observed to have a beneficial relationship with blood pressure, however, specific aspects of religiousness that interact with physiological mechanisms to influence this relationship are not known....
- 5From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPatients with congestive heart failure (CHF) often report high levels of religiousness, which may mitigate the stressfulness of their condition. However, religious struggle, reflecting negative attitudes toward God and...
- 6From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedGrowing research has demonstrated a link between spiritual well-being and better health; however, little is known about possible physiological mechanisms. In a sample of highly religious healthy male and female adults...
- 7From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe past three decades have witnessed a surge in research on spirituality and health. This growing body of literature has linked many aspects of spirituality as well as religion to both positive and negative indices of...
- 8From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study explored the role of both traditional religiousness and of experiencing reverence in religious and secular (e.g., naturalistic, moralistic) contexts in postoperative hospital length of stay among middle-aged...
- 9From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe present study tested a mediational model of the role of religious involvement, spirituality, and physical/emotional functioning in a sample of African American men and women with cancer. Several mediators were...
- 10From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a secular behavioral medicine program that has roots in meditative spiritual practices. Thus, spirituality may partly explain Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction outcomes....
- 11From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedReligious individuals are more likely to engage in healthy practices, including using preventive services; however, the underlying mechanisms have not been adequately explored. To begin addressing this, the current...
- 12From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe present study explored in a sample of Flemish pain patients the role of prayer as a possible individual factor in pain management. The focus on prayer as a personal religious factor fits with the current religious...
- 13From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedErratum to: J Behav Med DOI 10.1007/s10865-011-9333-9 Co-author Elizabeth Tracey's first affiliation was incorrectly listed. "Visiting Nurse" had been erroneously omitted from the affiliation. Elizabeth Tracey's...
- 14From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed
View of God as benevolent and forgiving or punishing and judgmental predicts HIV disease progression
This study assessed the predictive relationship between View of God beliefs and change in CD4-cell and Viral Load (VL) in HIV positive people over an extended period. A diverse sample of HIVseropositive participants (N... - 15From: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. (Vol. 34, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedHigher levels of religious and spiritual engagement have been shown to be associated with better adjustment in dealing with serious illness. Nevertheless, the pattern of such engagement may vary substantially among...