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Individual Prayer

Individual Prayer is a scholarly construct within the field of religious studies that refers to a person's personal, unmediated communication with the divine, distinguished from collective or liturgical prayer by its private, introspective, and self-initiated nature.

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1.9K

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62

Authors

30

Institutions

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

33

Religious orientation and psychological well‐being: The role of the frequency of personal prayer

John Maltby, Christopher Alan Lewis, Liza Day · British Journal of Health Psychology · 1999 · 265 citations

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Exploring Types of Prayer and Quality of Life: A Research Note

Margaret M. Poloma, Brian F. Pendleton · Review of Religious Research · 1989 · 174 citations

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Age Differences in Patterns and Correlates of the Frequency of Prayer

Jeffrey S. Levin, Robert Joseph Taylor · The Gerontologist · 1997 · 174 citations

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Prayer, God Imagery, and Symptoms of Psychopathology

Matt Bradshaw, Christopher G. Ellison, Kevin J. Flannelly · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 2008 · 143 citations

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An Investigation of the Sociological Patterns of Prayer Frequency and Content*

Joseph O. Baker · Sociology of Religion · 2008 · 110 citations

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Authors

62

  1. LJ
    Leslie J. Francis

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  2. NK
    Neal Krause

    University of Michigan, United States

    4 publications · 202 citations

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  3. CA
    Christopher Alan Lewis

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 333 citations

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  4. MW
    Michaela Wänke

    University of Mannheim, Germany

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  5. KL
    Kevin L. Ladd

    Indiana University South Bend, United States

    2 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    635 citations

  2. University of Mannheim

    Mannheim, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

  3. Baylor University

    Waco, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    178 citations

  4. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    295 citations

  5. Saarland University

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

  6. Wrexham University

    Wrexham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    121 citations

  7. Arkansas State University

    Jonesboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 5 publications · 241 citations

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  2. Archive for the Psychology of Religion

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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  4. Sociology of Religion

    2 publications · 202 citations

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