Category Archive for: "religious/spiritual struggle"

Robust links between religious/spiritual struggles, psychological distress, and well-being in a national sample of American adults

June 14, 2018 religious/spiritual struggle

This study is one of the first attempts to examine the relationships between religious and spiritual struggles (r/s struggles) measured comprehensively and indicators of psychological distress [...]
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Understanding and Addressing Religious and Spiritual Struggles in Health Care

June 14, 2018 religious/spiritual struggle

Religious and spiritual struggles are expressions of conflict, question, and doubt regarding matters of faith, God, and religious relationships. They can take three main forms: (1) supernatural [...]
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Religious/spiritual struggle in young adult hematopoietic cell transplant survivors

January 8, 2018 religious/spiritual struggle

PURPOSE: This study describes the prevalence of religious and/or spiritual (R/S) struggle in long-term young adult (YA) survivors following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) as well as [...]
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Dr. Irene Harris on veterans’ moral injury

January 2, 2018 moral injury, psychological distress, religious/spiritual struggle, spiritual distress, trauma, veterans

Transforming Chaplaincy welcomes guest commentator Dr. J. Irene Harris, who is a psychologist in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Dr. Harris is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of [...]
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Religion, a social determinant of mortality? A 10-year follow-up of the Health and Retirement Study

December 21, 2017 follow-up research, mortality, religious/spiritual struggle

The social determinants of health framework has brought a recognition of the primary importance of social forces in determining population health. Research using this framework to understand the [...]
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