Spiritual vs. Religious: Perspectives from Today's Undergraduate Catholics

Identifying and ministering to the spiritual needs of hospitalized Catholics.

Catholic Guilt? Comparing Catholics' and Protestants' Religious Motivations

Are Catholics more motivated by guilt than Protestants? I tested this hypothesis via self-determination theory's concept of introjected motivation, in which behavior is only partially internalized (Deci & Ryan, 1991). Study 1 found that 1409 Catholic undergraduates were higher in introjected motivation than 1261 Protestant undergraduates. Catholics were also lower in identified motivation, in w...

Religious and spiRitual dimensions of tRaumatic Violence

Events of the past decade, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, clergy sexual abuse scandals, high-profile violence against women and minority groups, and ongoing combat in many areas of the world have focused attention on the prevalence and impact of traumatic violent events. Simultaneously, people’s frequent “turn to religion” (Schuster et al., 2007) after such events has raised m...

Religious and Spiritual Factors in Depression

1 Department of Psychiatry, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran 2 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA 3 Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA 4 Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia 5 Division of Adolescent Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Cen...

Nurses' spiritual care practices: becoming less religious?

Research indicates that nurses do not consistently provide spiritual care, feel ill equipped to do so, and there is a lack of information as to the type of spiritual care practices nurses use. This exploratory descriptive study surveyed nurses (N = 123) about their spiritual care practices and perceptions of effectiveness, followed by qualitative interviews with volunteers (n = 5) from the surv...