The leading undergraduate psychology of religion text, this engaging book synthesizes
cutting-edge theories and findings into an accessible account enlivened by personal …

The main purpose of this chapter is to introduce Viktor Frankl's logotherapy to the twenty-first
century, especially to positive psychologists interested in meaning research and …

The current study assessed relationships between religious coping, gender, posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG). A sample of 1,016 participants …

This study examined the intersection between bereavement, religion, and posttraumatic
growth (PTG). A total of 369 young adults completed the Brief Multidimensional Measure of …

Because exposure to potentially traumatic events is common (Kessler, Sonnega, Bromet, &
Hughes, 1995), the mechanisms through which posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Background: Experiencing the death of a close person, especially in emerging adults and
students, can have profound effects on the bereaved individual's life. As most research in …

This research provides a systematic overview of psychological areas using assimilation and
accommodation to explain development and adaptation processes from 1998 to 2018. We …

The goal of this longitudinal qualitative study was to develop a grounded theory of religious
meaning making and attachment in a disaster context. At 1-month (T1; n= 36) and 6-months …

Religious and spiritual beliefs serve a number of functions, including promoting mental
health in the wake of negative life events. We explore the “meaning as a buffer” hypothesis …

A particularly intimate relationship between religion and meaning has long been suggested;
however, many sources of meaning are nonreligious. This raises the question of whether …