Spirituality and Health: What We Know, What We Need to Know

By L. George, D. Larson, H. Koenig, M. McCullough. 2000

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Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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The influence of religious coping on the mental health of disabled Iranian war veterans (2009, background): “Thus, it can be concluded that this contribution is not explainable in terms of commonly cited mediating factors such as physical function, social support, and personal meaning (George et al., 2000).”
Towards clarification of the meaning of spirituality. (2002, background): “Despite a renewed interest in spirituality, there is no consensus on a definition of this concept (Dyson et al. 1997, Martsolf & Mickley 1998, McSherry & Draper 1998, George et al. 2000) due to its subjective and personal nature (Cawley 1997, Miller & Thoresen 1999).”
Exploring linkages among transformational leadership, workplace spirituality and well-being in health care workers (2011, background): “Although many research questions regarding these associations remain unanswered (George et al. 2000; Rippentrop et al. 2005), spirituality in general appears to have a salutary effect on individual well-being.”
TARGET ARTICLE: Stumbling Blocks on the Religious Road: Fractured Relationships, Nagging Vices, and the Inner Struggle to Believe (2002, positive): “In fact, this meaning-making aspect of religion seems to be one of the major mediators of the association between religion and health (George et al., 2000).”
The Role of Existential Meaning as a Buffer Against Stress (2006, background): “The relationship between spiritually related constructs and mental health is well documented (Bergin, 1983; Emmons et al., 1998; Gartner, Larson, & Allen 1991; George et al., 2000; Levin & Chatters, 1998; Pardini, Plante, Sherman, & Stump, 2000; Piedmont, 1999).”
Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications. (2009, neutral): “In addition to Hartshorne et al. (1929), we found 12 studies that examined the association of measures of religiousness with measures of general self-control (Aziz & Rehman, 1996; Bergin, Masters, & Richards, 1987; Bouchard, McGue, Lykken, & Tellegen, 1999; Desmond, Ulmer, & Bader, 2008; French, Eis”
Religiousness and depression: evidence for a main effect and the moderating influence of stressful life events. (2003, background): “To the extent that religious people believe that their lives are controlled by a higher power or that negative life events happen for a reason or that life events are opportunities for spiritual growth, they may experience life events as less threatening and less stressful (George et al., 2000).”
The Religious Commitment Inventory--10: Development, Refinement, and Validation of a Brief Scale for Research and Counseling. (2003, background): “Religion and spirituality have been hypothesized to affect both the process (Richards & Bergin, 1997) and the outcomes (e.g., increased mental and physical health; George et al., 2000; Koenig et al., 2001; Larson, Swyers, & McCullough, 1998) of counseling.”
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Spirituality and Quality of Life (2005, background): “In the beginning stages, research was almost exclusively focused on the measurement of religion (George et al., 2000; Larson et al., 1998; Sussman et al., 1997).”