I recall being in a graduate level course in which the efficacy of various forms of psychotherapy was compared to faith-based practices, family and friends, and lifestyle factors using a rigorous meta-analytic approach. The results were complicated, but most forms of therapy did not have an significant advantage over other intervention types.
Do you know of any research papers along these lines?
Dear Ted,
Please find attached list references. James
Baskin, T.W. & Enright, R.D. (2004). Intervention Studies on Forgiveness: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Counselling & Development. 82, 79-82.
Masters, K.S. & Spielman, G.I. (2007). Prayer and Health: Review, Meta-Analysis, and Research Agenda. Journal of Behavoral Medicine. 30, 329–338.
Bergin, A.E. (1983). Religiosity and Mental Health: A Critical Reevaluation and Meta-Analysis. Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy. 9(3), 5-22.
Hodge, D.R. (2006). Spiritually Modified Cognitive Therapy: A Review of the Literature. Social Work. 51(2), 157-166.
McCullough, M. E. (1999). Research on religion-accomodative counseling: Review and meta-analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 46(1), 92-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.46.1.92
Smith, T.B. & Bartz, J. (2007). Outcomes of religious and spiritual adaptations to psychotherapy: A meta-analytic review. Brigham Young University BYU Scholars Archive.
Underwood, L.G. & Teresi, J.A. (2002). The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: Development, Theoretical Description, Reliability, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Preliminary Construct Validity Using Health-Related Data. Annals of Behavoral Medicine. 24(1), 22-33.
Bosanac et al (2010). Early intervention in psychotic disorders: faith before facts? Psychological Medicine (2010), 40, 353–358.
Chatters et al (1998). Public Health and Health Education in Faith Communities. Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 25 (6): 689-699.
Plante, Thomas G., and Naveen K. Sharma. "Religious Faith and Mental Health Outcomes." Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives. Ed. Thomas G. Plante and Allen C. Sherman. New York: Guilford, 2001. 381-402.
Banks, C. (1997). The imaginative use of religious symbols in subjective experiences of anorexia nervosa. Psychoanalytic Review, 84, 227-236.
Bickel, C. 0., Ciarrocchi, ]. W., Sheers, N. ]., Estadt, B. K., Powell, D. A., & Pargament, K. I. (1998). Perceived stress, religious coping styles, and depressive affect. Joumal of Psychology and Christianity, 17(1), 33-42.
Catipovic, V., Ilakovac, V., Durjancek, J., & Amidzc, V. (1995). Relationship of eight basic emotions with age, sex, education, satisfaction of life needs, and religion. Psychological Reports, 77, 115-121.
Emmons, R., Cheung, C., & Tehrani, K. (1998). Assessing spirituality through personal goals: Implications for research on religion and subjective well-being. Social Indicators Research, 45, 391-422.
Fallot, R. (1998). The place of spirituality and religion in mental health services. In R. Fallot (Ed.), Spirituality and religion i11 recovery from mental illness: New directions for mental health services (pp. 3-12). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Sawatzky et al (2005). A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Spirituality and Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research. 72(2), 153-188.
Blaine, B., Crocker, J. 1995‘Religiousness, race, and psychological well-being: Exploring social psychological mediators’Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin2110311041
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