The Sanctification of the Body and Behavioral Health Patterns of College Students

By A. Mahoney, R. Carels, K. Pargament, A. Wachholtz, Laur Edwards Leeper, Mary E. Kaplar, R. Frutchey. 2005

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The Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: A tripartite approach to measuring meaning in life (2017, methodology): “The Sacred Qualities of the Body Scale (Mahoney et al., 2005) was administered to Sample 3 participants at Time 2.”
Sanctification, Stress, and Marital Quality (2011, background): “This idea has been fruitfully conceptualized and measured in studies dealing with a range of objects, including sanctification of (a) the physical body and implications for health behaviors (Mahoney et al., 2005); (b) the natural environment and importance for environmental concern, policy preferenc”
A DECADE OF RESEARCH ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION AND COPING: Things we assumed and lessons we learned (2007, unknown): “Mahoney et al. (2005) applied the construct of sanctification to college students’ perceptions of their bodies.”
Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications. (2009, background): “Second, religion may increase people's motivation to obtain their goals by sanctifying them, or imbuing them with a sacred significance (Mahoney, Pargament, et al., 2005).”
Religiosity, Sense of Meaning, and Health Behavior in Older Adults (2010, methodology): “Based on earlier work on body sanctification with college students (Mahoney et al., 2005), we hypothesized that older adults who viewed their bodies in holy or sacred terms would be more likely to engage in health-promoting behavior.”