| Description |
x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Recent research in psychology |
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Recent research in psychology.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Laurence B. Brown -- 2. The Uses of Religious Assessment in Counseling / H. Newton Malony -- 3. Psychology in the Phenomenology of Religion: A Critical Essay / Owe Wikstrom -- 4. Religion and Mental Health: A Case Study of the Finnish-Swedish Popular Writer Joel Pettersson / Nils G. Holm -- 5. Happiness and Religious Belief / Jocelyn Delbridge, Bruce Headey and Alexander J. Wearing -- 6. Religious Life-styles and Mental Health / Allen E. Bergin -- 7. Personality and Religious Development during Childhood and Adolescence / Leslie J. Francis -- 8. Steps towards a Psychology of Prayer / Emma Shackle and Laurence B. Brown -- 9. The Social Representations of Death: A Study with Cancer Patients, Family Members, and Healthy Individuals / Clelia Maria Nascimento Schulze -- 10. Rigid Religiosity and Mental Health: An Empirical Study / Hans Stifoss-Hanssen -- 11. Religious Experience, Loneliness, and Subjective Well-being / Kathleen V. O'Connor |
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12. Some Correlates of Well-being and Distress in Anglo-Jewish Women / Kate Loewenthal, Valerie Amos, Vivienne Goldblatt and Sean Mullarkey -- 13. Women Religious Professionals and Stress / Carole A. Rayburn, Lee J. Richmond and Lynn Rogers -- 14. Welfare Policies, Religious Commitment, and Happiness / Thorleif Pettersson -- 15. Conclusion / Laurence B. Brown |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Mental health -- Religious aspects.
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Personality -- Religious aspects.
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Psychology, Religious.
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| Author |
Brown, L. B. (Laurence Binet), 1927-2011.
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| LC no. |
93015258 |
| ISBN |
0387977732 (New York : acid-free paper) |
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3540977732 (Berlin : acid-free paper) |
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