Applications of latent transition analysis (LTA) have emerged since the early 1990s, with
numerous scientific findings being published in many areas, including social and behavioral …

Churches have long been sites of local charity work as well as national political movements.
What happens when people engage in more individualistic forms of spirituality, like …

The current study examines links among attitudes toward White privilege, religious beliefs,
and social justice interest and commitment for White Christian students. Two distinct patterns …

Described as a “holy hush,” past research has noted a general silence about and reluctance
to address intimate partner violence (IPV) in religious congregations. To explore this, we …

Religious congregations have potential to be mediating structures for social justice
participation. However, research has yet to examine the specific social processes or …

Based on three annual waves of data obtained from 194 Chinese couples during the first
few years of marriage, this study examined how couples' marital conflict resolution styles …

When congregations seek to address social needs, they often pursue this goal through acts
of service and political engagement. Over the past three decades, a tremendous amount of …

This study presents psychometric results for the initial validation of the Sanctification of
Social Justice Scale (SSJS). We conceptualized the sanctification of social justice as how …

Religious congregations are uniquely poised to provide programs to support survivors of
violence against women; yet little is known regarding the prevalence of such programs. In …

Neighborhood organizations are important aspects of the urban landscape that are
increasingly being studied in relationship to crime. However, the neighborhood mechanisms …