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Religious Struggle

Religious Struggle is a psychological construct denoting a specific form of spiritual coping characterized by negative religious interactions, cognitive dissonance, or strained relationships with the divine, other individuals, or religious institutions, distinguishing it from positive or supportive religious engagement.

302

Publications

18.2K

Citations

485

Authors

225

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

84

Variants

Spiritual Struggle

Parents

Publications

302

Religion and Society in Tension.

J. Milton Yinger, Charles Y. Glock, Rodney Stark · American Sociological Review · 1966 · 1K citations

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Religious Coping Methods as Predictors of Psychological, Physical and Spiritual Outcomes among Medically Ill Elderly Patients: A Two-year Longitudinal Study

Kenneth I. Pargäment, Harold G. Koenig, Nalini Tarakeshwar et al. · Journal of Health Psychology · 2004 · 913 citations

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Religious Struggle as a Predictor of Mortality Among Medically Ill Elderly Patients

Kenneth I. Pargäment, Harold G. Koenig, Nalini Tarakeshwar et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2001 · 756 citations

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The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale: Development and initial validation.

Julie J. Exline, Kenneth I. Pargäment, Joshua B. Grubbs et al. · Psychology of Religion and Spirituality · 2014 · 660 citations

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Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality: Implications for physical and mental health research.

Peter C. Hill, Kenneth I. Pargäment · Psychology of Religion and Spirituality · 2008 · 477 citations

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Authors

485

  1. KI
    Kenneth I. Pargäment

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    55 publications · 6.1K citations

    35

    h-index

  2. JJ
    Julie J. Exline

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    37 publications · 2.2K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. JB
    Joshua B. Grubbs

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

    h-index

  4. NS
    Nick Stauner

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    9 publications · 429 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. JA
    Joshua A. Wilt

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    9 publications · 230 citations

    9

    h-index

1–5 of 485

Institutions

225

  1. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    31 h-index

    73 publications

    8.1K citations

  2. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    21 h-index

    76 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, United States

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    700 citations

  5. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

    Lublin, Poland

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    383 citations

  6. Biola University

    La Mirada, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    227 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    551 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    196 citations

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Venues

  1. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

    20 publications · 2K citations

    19

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 19 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. Religions

    16 publications · 475 citations

    14

    h-index

  4. 12

    h-index

  5. Journal of Religion and Health

    9 publications · 332 citations

    9

    h-index

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