Robbins, Paul A Scott, Melissa J Conde, Eugenia Daniel, Yannet Darity, William A Jr Bentley-Edwards, Keisha L
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Hypertension, a major cardiovascular disease risk factor, is disproportionately prevalent among African American young adults. Religion and spirituality (R/S) have been studied for their potential effect on blood pressure (BP) outcomes. Despite their disproportionate hypertension risk and high levels of R/S engagement, limited research explores BP ...
Martins, Helga Caldeira, Sílvia Domingues, Tiago Dias Vieira, Margarida Koenig, Harold G
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Journal of religion and health
Religion is one of the strategies used to cope with life stressful events, particularly in cancer patients. This study aimed to translate, adapt and validate the 5-item Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) into European Portuguese. This is a cross-sectional study in a sample of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Data were collected in July-O...
Freudenberg, Maren Sharbat Dar, Dunja
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Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik
Femininity and female gender roles in conservative religious environments are highly disputed topics both within communities of faith and in sociological discourse. In light of social transformations of gender perceptions in the past decades, conservative Christians have had to reevaluate traditional understandings of womanhood in societies that ha...
Dabosville, Benjamin
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Lucchetti, Giancarlo Koenig, Harold G Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero
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World Journal of Clinical Cases
Research in the field of “Spirituality and Health” has been growing, with spirituality/religiousness (S/R) being consistently related to both physical and mental health. The objective of this article is to provide an updated review of the current scientific evidence on the relationship between S/R and mental health, highlighting the most important ...
Parker, Janise S. Murray, Kate Boegel, Riley Slough, Madeline Purvis, Lee Geiling, Christie
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Contemporary School Psychology
Religiosity and spirituality are essential aspects of individuals’ cultural identities. However, the field of school psychology has generally avoided in-depth discussion regarding the implications of religious/spiritual diversity within the context of multiculturalism and culturally responsive practice. One aim of this study was to examine school p...
Jacobi, Christopher Justin Vaidyanathan, Brandon
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Vaccine
Given high COVID-19 infection and mortality rates among racial minorities in the US and their higher rates of religiosity, it is important to examine how the intersection of race and religion influences perceptions of COVID-19 vaccinations. Data for this study come from online surveys conducted in twelve congregations between October and December 2...
Chatterji, Angana P Desai, Mihir Mander, Harsh Azad, Abdul Kalam
BREAKING WORLDS: Religion, Law and Citizenship in Majoritarian India; The Story of Assam chronicles how prejudicial laws and policies are weaponizing citizenship in India today. A pivotal objective of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has been to alter the basis of Indian citizenship. Toward this, the Government of India...
Kocijan, Bojana Kukec, Marko
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Comparative European Politics
This article calls for greater attention to immigration attitudes of members of national parliaments (MPs) who absent harmonized immigration policy at the EU level remain the chief decision-makers and are thus responsible for swift government reaction to large influx of immigrants as witnessed in summer 2015 and spring 2020. Against this background...
Márquez, Brandon Manuel
When people look at Los Altos de Jalisco, they typically think of this area as representing a pocket of European ancestry in a mestizaje state. Yet this ignores one huge aspect of this region: its indigenous history. Throughout the last three hundred years, the Los Altos region of Jalisco has allowed for the racial passing of many different familie...
