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Background and purpose: Formerly incarcerated people die by suicide at a rate 6.75 times higher than the general population, but previous research has not identified factors that contribute to this heightened risk. The conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate both suic…

The current work examined the association between existential isolation and religious quest orientation (i.e., spiritual belief uncertainty) in four experiments. Specifically, Study 1 demonstrated a positive association between quest religiosity and trait existential isolation. …