The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity

S Hoogeveen, JM Haaf, JA Bulbulia, RM Ross… - Nature Human …, 2022 - nature.com
People tend to evaluate information from reliable sources more favourably, but it is unclear
exactly how perceivers' worldviews interact with this source credibility effect. In a large and …

Feeling the intangible: Antecedents of gratitude toward intangible benefactors

JA Tsang, SA Schnitker, RA Emmons… - The Journal of Positive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Gratitude is felt when we perceive we have received a valuable good that is intended for our
benefit. Although the majority of empirical research on gratitude has looked at benefit …

God... Karma, Jinn, spirits, and other metaphysical forces

KA Johnson - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Belief in God and other supernatural beings and forces comes naturally to
humans.•There are many views of God—benevolent, authoritarian, mystical, uninvolved …

Assessing religion and spirituality in a cross-cultural sample: development of religion and spirituality items for the Global Flourishing Study

KA Johnson, JW Moon, TJ VanderWeele… - Religion, Brain & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Global Flourishing Survey (GFS) was initiated to provide an open-access,
longitudinal study of health and well-being using a participant panel from 22 countries …

Cognitive pathways to belief in karma and belief in god

CJM White, AK Willard, A Baimel… - Cognitive …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Supernatural beliefs are ubiquitous around the world, and mounting evidence indicates that
these beliefs partly rely on intuitive, cross‐culturally recurrent cognitive processes …

Transcendent accountability: Construct and measurement of a virtue that connects religion, spirituality, and positive psychology

CVO Witvliet, SJ Jang, BR Johnson… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Welcoming accountability is a responsive and responsible virtue that can be shown in
relation to people or to God, a higher power, or transcendent guide. Our interdisciplinary …

Science, God, and the cosmos: Science both erodes (via logic) and promotes (via awe) belief in God

KA Johnson, JW Moon, MA Okun, MJ Scott… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Science and analytical thinking have been linked with atheism. We propose dual pathways
whereby scientific engagement may have paradoxical effects on belief in God. Logical …

Leitmotifs in Life Stories

R Bullik - 2024 - uplopen.com
Faith Development Interviews offer great insight into people's ways of (non-) religious
meaning-making, and of looking at their life and relationships. Ramona Bullik portrays nine …

Psychological perspectives on divine forgiveness: 2. Does viewing God as intervening account for the association between God image and divine forgiveness?

FD Fincham, HM Maranges - Psychology of Religion and …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Divine forgiveness (forgiveness by a Supreme Being or Higher Power) is central to several
religions and likely a motivating force for many believers. The present research investigates …

Sustainable behavior among spanish university students in terms of dimensions of religion and spirituality

A Muñoz-García, MD Villena-Martínez - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although previous research projects have highlighted the pro-environment and pro-
sustainability attitudes of traditional spirituality and religions, there is a lack of studies that …