Search Results - "Hood Jr, Ralph W."

Mystical Experience Among Tibetan Buddhists: The Common Core Thesis Revisited by Chen, Zhuo, Hood, Jr, Ralph W., Yang, Lijun, Watson, P. J.

“…In the study of mysticism the debate has centered on whether a universal experiential core exists regardless of religious interpretation. The current…”
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Methodological Exclusion of the Transcendent? Implications for Theory and Research in Religion, Spirituality and Health by Moreira-Almeida, Alexander, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Early in the founding of psychology of religion, a debated issue was the methodological exclusion of the transcendent (MET). While cautiously endorsed by…”
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Dimensions of the Mysticism Scale: Confirming the Three-Factor Structure in the United States and Iran by Hood, Jr, Ralph W., Ghorbani, Nima, Watson, P. J., Ghramaleki, Ahad Framarz, Bing, Mark N., Davison, H. Kristl, Morris, Ronald J., Williamson, W. Paul

“…In a mostly Christian American sample (N = 1,379), confirmatory factor analysis of Hood's (1975) Mysticism Scale verified the existence of Stace's (1960)…”
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Conceptual and Empirical Variations in Relations Between Spirituality and Mental Health: Review of "Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures" by Hood Jr, Ralph W

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Conceptual and Empirical Variations in Relations Between Spirituality and Mental Health (Review of "Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures") by Ralph W. Hood Jr

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Affect, Religion, and Unconscious Processes by Hill, Peter C., Hood, Jr, Ralph W.

“…After a brief review of the central and organizing role of affect in both personality and religion, the bridge between psychoanalytic and contemporary…”
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Faith Development as Change in Religious Types: Results From Three-Wave Longitudinal Data With Faith Development Interviews by Streib, Heinz, Chen, Zhuo Job, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Faith, as a way of how people understand God and the world and make or discover meaning in their life, is characterized by individual differences and changes…”
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Internalized Homophobia Scale for Gay Chinese Men: Conceptualization, Factor Structure, Reliability, and Associations With Hypothesized Correlates by Ren, Zhengjia, Hood, Ralph W

“…This study reports the development of an inventory to assess the perceived internalized homophobia of gay men in a collectivistic Chinese cultural context. The…”
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Ebola salience, death-thought accessibility, and worldview defense: A terror management theory perspective by Arrowood, Robert B., Cox, Cathy R., Kersten, Michael, Routledge, Clay, Shelton, Jill Talley, Hood, Ralph W.

“…According to terror management theory, individuals defend their cultural beliefs following mortality salience. The current research examined whether naturally…”
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Changing Views of Serpent Handling: A Quasi-Experimental Study by Hood, Jr, Ralph W., Williamson, W. Paul, Morris, Ronald J.

“…Knowledge about serpent handling sects (SHS) even among social scientists and legislators has been largely influenced by biased media reports. Our own field…”
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Non-Belief: An Islamic Perspective by Sevinç, Kenan, Coleman, Thomas J., Hood, Ralph W.

“…Psychology of religion research is typically conducted with Protestant populations living in the West. Only recently has non-belief in God become a central…”
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Common Core Thesis and Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Mysticism in Chinese Buddhist Monks and Nuns by Chen, Zhuo, Qi, Wen, Hood Jr, Ralph W., Watson, P. J.

“…This study explores the phenomenological structure of mystical experience among 139 Chinese Pure Land and Chan Buddhist monks and nuns. Semi-structured…”
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From the Editor Guest Column: Who Was Jack Shand? by Silver, Christopher F., Coleman III, Thomas J., Hood Jr, Ralph W.

“…Members of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) hail from a number of diverse disciplines, but one theme unites them all: a commitment to…”
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American Psychology of Religion and the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion by HOOD JR, RALPH W.

“…It is doubtful whether there ever has been a rise-fall-rebirth of the psychology of religion. While the claim has marginal merit for American academic…”
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Religious Serpent Handling and Community Relations by Williamson, W. Paul, Hood, Ralph W.

“…Christian serpent handling sects of Appalachia comprise a community that has long been mischaracterized and marginalized by the larger communities surrounding…”
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Religious fundamentalism and racial prejudice: a comparison of implicit and explicit approaches by Williamson, W. Paul, Bishop, Jasmine, Hood Jr, Ralph W.

“…We examined religious fundamentalism (RF) and racial prejudice (RP) using the implicit Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP) and explicit Feeling Thermometer…”
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Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure by Hill, Peter C., Pargament, Kenneth II, Hood, Ralph W., McCullough, Jr., Michael E., Swyers, James P., Larson, David B., Zinnbauer, Brian J.

“…Psychologists' emerging interest in spirituality and religion as well as the relevance of each phenomenon to issues of psychological importance requires an…”
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Theoretical Fruits from the Empirical Study of Mysticism: A Jamesian Perspective by Ralph W. Hood Jr

“…The study of mysticism is hampered by the existence of discreet literatures that remain largely ignorant of one another. This is further exacerbated by the…”
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Biblical Foundationalism and Religious Reflection: Polarization of Faith and Intellect Oriented Epistemologies within a Christian Ideological Surround by Watson, P.J, Chen, Zhuo, Hood, Ralph W., Jr

“…Among other things, the Ideological Surround Model (ISM) argues that greater objectivity can be achieved through an empiricism that brings emic religious and…”
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Theobiology: interfacing theology, psychology, and other sciences for deeper understanding by Hood, Jr., Ralph W.

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