African American Women’s Definitions of Spirituality and Religiosity

By J. Mattis. 2000

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Towards clarification of the meaning of spirituality. (2002, background): “In order to understand what spirituality means to different individuals, researchers have examined the concept using a qualitative design (Guillory et al. 1997, Hall 1998, Chiu 2000, Mattis 2000).”
Spirituality and Academic Performance among African American College Students (2002, background): “(p. 394) Mattis (2000) reported that definitions of spirituality must be multidimensional.”
Spirituality and Religiousness: A Diversity of Definitions (2011, background): “E-mail: tgall@ustpaul.ca 158 the views of research participants (Mattis, 2000; McSherry & Cash, 2004).”
Religion and Spirituality in the Meaning-Making and Coping Experiences of African American Women: A Qualitative Analysis (2002, methodology): “Following from Mattis (2000) and Zinnbauer et al., (1997) “religiosity” is defined as the degree to which individuals adhere to the prescribed beliefs and practices of an organized religion.”
Social Support and Spirituality as Culturally Relevant Factors in Coping Among African American Women Survivors of Partner Abuse (2004, background): “African American women may not openly admit emotional vulnerability or even experience depressive symptoms according to conventional measurement (pessimism, past failure, selfdislike, worthlessness; Bell & Mattis, 2000; Gondolf, 1998).”
Board gender diversity and firm performance: The UK evidence (2020, background): “This suggests that only a small percentage of female directors have the ‘branded women’ status as documented in social psychology theory by Mattis (2000) and Sealy et al. (2007).”
Incorporating Spirituality and Religion Into the Treatment of African American Clients (2010, background): “Studies have documented the importance of these issues for adult African American women (Mattis, 2000, 2002).”
Collective Self-Esteem and Africultural Coping Styles in African American Adolescents (2002, background): “In particular, religious participation through church attendance is considered to be a vital culturally based coping behavior that reflects many African Americans’ collectivistic tendencies (Mattis, 2000; McRae, Thompson, & Cooper, 1999; Utsey et al., 2000).”
Definitions and Evaluation of Religion and Spirituality Items by Religious Professionals: A Pilot Study (2006, result): “Regarding the second goal, results of this study are consistent with Zinnbauer et al. (1997) and Mattis’ (2000) study of lay people’s definitions of religion and spirituality.”
A relational framework for the study of religiosity and spirituality in the lives of African Americans (2001, background): “To date there is no scholarly consensus on their meanings, and no agreement about the strategies that would allow us to effectively assess their respective roles in everyday life ~Mattis, 2000; Zinnbauer et al., 1997!.”
Religiosity, Optimism, and Pessimism Among African Americans (2004, background): “If Mattis (2000) and Zinnbauer et al. (1997) are correct in their assertion that spirituality denotes a belief in the sacredness of life and a quest for goodness in relationship with other living things, then our findings suggest that these beliefs (e.g., in the sacredness of life) may be effective…”
The Meanings and Manifestations of Religion and Spirituality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults (2009, background): “Importantly, scholars have begun to explore the distinctions that members of various ethnic and religious communities make between religiosity and spirituality (see Mattis 2000 for example).”
Expressions of Spirituality among African-American College Males (2003, background): “It involves the practices and rituals of attendance in worship services, the reading of sacred texts, and affiliation with an organized church, mosque, or synagogue (Mattis, 2000).”