Handbook of Religion and Health

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Prayer, God Imagery, and Symptoms of Psychopathology (2008, background): “Recent work by Krause (2004) tests the hypothesis that it is individuals who pray often with strong conviction that good things will happen who tend to reap the fruits of faith.”
Optimism, Social Support, and Coping Strategies As Factors Contributing to Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis (2009, background): “Many studies show a relationship between health and global religious indices, such as prayer, church attendance, and self-rated religiousness and spirituality (for reviews, see Koenig, McCullough, & Larson, 2001 ; Pargament, 1997 ).”
Daily Spiritual Experiences and Psychological Well-being Among US Adults (2008, background): “As we noted earlier, much of the literature on religion, spirituality, and well-being has linked behavioral indicators of religiousness and spirituality, such as the frequency of attendance at worship services and the frequency of personal prayer, with desirable psychological outcomes (Koenig et al.”
A LIFE-COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON SPIRITUALITY AND DESISTANCE FROM CRIME (2008, result): “This is also consistent with a larger body of research on the underlying dynamics linking religiosity and more favorable health outcomes (for a useful review of this literature, see Koenig et al., 2001).”