Objectives To review and synthesize the state of research on a variety of meditation
practices, including: the specific meditation practices examined; the research designs …

Compared with white individuals, black individuals experience greater pain across clinical
and experimental modalities. These race differences may be due to differences in pain …

The nature of the human person has been a subject of fascination since ancient times. We
desire to understand ourselves and our place in the world, and at times we also look at …

Participants (N= 430) were recruited online and completed a measure of six prayer types
(adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication, reception, and obligatory prayer) …

Gratitude is a Christian virtue and an emotional disposition that has recently become the
focus of systematic scientific research. We explore first the theological origins of gratitude as …

Reviewing the growing body of scientific research on prayer, this book describes what is
known about the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, developmental, and health aspects of this …

The objective of these studies was to determine the strength and direction of the relationship
between prayer and gratitude. In Study 1 (n= 674), the authors replicated the cross-sectional …

Researchers have shown a longstanding interest in the relationship between religion and
mental health. Here, we outline a series of hypotheses linking personal prayer, images of …

Prayer is an important aspect of many people's daily lives, yet little is known about the
relationships between prayer and daily experiences and well-being in ecologically valid …

The current study investigates the incremental validity of a variety of functional religiosity
variables such as religious practices, organizations, and self-designations as religious or …