Much research has been done on the concept of why people remain religious, formulating Rational Choice Theory. This involves the idea of compensators and religious expectations. In addition, other research and subsequent theories go into the duality of religious expectations and…
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Social norms are powerful drivers of human behavior, so much so that people conform to norms even when they would prefer to deviate. Researchers have theorized that in these cases, people conform to avoid the costs of deviance. For one, a large body of work suggests that individ…
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how RLs describe their understanding of leadership skills, strategizing for the implementation of leadership skills and evaluating how their leadership skills influence parishioner retention in a charismatic Christ…
Emerging adults who serve in campus ministry following college graduation sacrificially give the early years of their careers to work that offers little likely career advancement. Mentors have historically provided development and professional guidance, especially during the ear…
The current study examines the relationships between Acculturation, Ethnic Identity and Acculturative Stress, as they relate to willingness to seek professional psychological help among Assyrian Americans. A convenience sample was composed of 119 men and women of Assyrian descen…
In this study, I sought to examine the relations between religiosity, secure attachment to God, and prosocial behavior in a sample of 154 Christian young adults. Specifically, I examined the extent to which secure attachment to God may mediate the relations between religiosity a…
The purpose of this study is to examine the role psychopathy and adverse childhood experiences have on criminal behavior. Data for psychopathy and adverse childhood experiences was gathered via surveys and official criminal histories were also collected. The use of the Psychopat…
Relatively little research has examined what motivates people to make the choice to become involved with drugs, how drug involvement becomes a salient feature of those individuals’ lives, the consequence for their identity, and how these vary by race/ethnicity, class, gender and…
In an article published by Barna research in 2019 titled, Hispanic America: Faith, Values and Priorities, they found that Hispanic teens in the U.S. are more likely than other ethnic groups in their generation to have a negative view of Christianity, noting that they “have a har…
Grief and loss are ever present in the life of the church. Death, illness, and change are ongoing events in the gathered community that lead to loss of membership. Such loss is often accompanied by grief, at times unrecognized and therefore unresolved, which in turn causes uneas…
American policing has a rich history in the United States and plays a critically important role in protecting and serving our diverse communities. Municipal police departments are generally responsible for serving our cities and are often seen as the most visible form of governm…
The objective of the study was to examine self-injury and interpersonal relationship difficulties in adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thirty-eight participants diagnosed with MDD were selected from a larger study on borderline personality disorder, mood dis…
Reversal learning is a measure of a subject’s ability to correctly allocate their behavior to a response following a change in contingencies (Audet and Lefebvre, 2017) and is used to measure behavioral flexibility across multiple disciplines (Laughlin, Grant, Williams & Jentsch,…
This study examines what psychosocial factors influence treatment seeking behavior among female survivors of eating disorders. This study uses a mixed methods survey consisting of open-ended item questions regarding treatment experience and social environment, and close-ended it…
Historically, Black men have been found to perpetrate IPV at higher rates in comparison to other ethnic groups; however, studies of IPV perpetration have largely focused on samples of White individuals. There is a paucity of empirical research related to the interrelationships a…
College students undergo identity development in emerging adulthood, including adjustments in relationships, exploration of occupations, and revisions of spiritual worldviews (Arnett, 2000). Using a modified portion of Lent’s (2004) normative model of life satisfaction, this stu…
Helping professionals have a role as service providers when working with African American men with dual diagnosis and incarceration histories. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to understand how helping professionals provided community-based treatment and est…
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the theory that dreams and visual or auditory perceptions may impact the healing and/or grieving process for parents who have lost a child. Literature indicates that the experience of communicating with the deceased is a …
Although existing literature has pointed to a relationship between religion and suicide, it has remained unclear how suicidality is linked to various religions and how this relation might be moderated. Further, most of literature on religion and suicide has focused heavily on Ch…