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Psychology of Religion and Spirituality ® publishes peer-reviewed, original articles related to the psychological aspects of organized religion and spirituality.

The periodical publishes articles employing experimental and correlational methods, qualitative analyses, and disquisitional reviews of the literature. Papers evaluating clinically relevant problems surrounding training, professional development, and practice are also considered.

Total-length research reports, literature reviews, and brief reports are all published.

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McCauley, S. Thousand., & Christiansen, 1000. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of kid linguistic communication development. Psychological Review, 126(i), ane–51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

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Brown, L. South. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

Chapter in an Edited Book

Balsam, Grand. F., Martell, C. R., Jones. K. P., & Safren, Due south. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy with sexual and gender minority people. In Thousand. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cerebral beliefs therapy: Practice and supervision (second ed., pp. 287–314). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/ten.1037/0000119-012

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Editorial Board

Editor

Crystal L. Park, PhD
University of Connecticut, United States

Associate Editors

Chris Boyatzis, PhD
Bucknell Academy, Us

Gina Brelsford, PhD
Penn Country Harrisburg, United States

Ward Davis, PsyD
Wheaton Higher, U.s.

Liz Hall, PhD
Biola University, United States

Bill Hathaway, PhD
Regent University, United States

Annette Mahoney, PhD
Bowling Dark-green Country University, U.s.

Sarah Schnitker, PhD
Baylor University, U.s.a.

Amy Wachholtz, PhD, MDiv, MS
University of Colorado, Denver, United States

Consulting Editors

Mona Abo-Zena, PhD
University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

Hisham Abu-Raiya, PhD
Tel Aviv University, State of israel

Amy Ai, PhD
Florida State University, United States

Due east. Kawika Allen, PhD
Brigham Young Academy, United States

Joe Currier, PhD
University of South Alabama, Us

Julie Exline, PhD
Case Western Academy, U.s.a.

Frank D. Fincham, PhD
Florida State University, United States

Leslie Francis, PhD
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Luke Galen, PhD
One thousand Valley Country University, U.s.

Joshua Grubbs, PhD
Bowling Green State University, United states of america

Irene Harris, PhD
Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, United states

Kevin Harris, PhD, LP, HSP
University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Us

Ralph Hood, PhD
Academy of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Usa

Joshua Hook, PhD
University of N Texas, Untied States

Kevin Ladd, PhD
Indiana University South Bend, United States

G. Tyler Lefevor, PhD
Utah Country University, Usa

Douglas MacDonald, PhD
Academy of Detroit Mercy, United States

Jesse L. Preston, PhD
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Scott Richards, PhD
Brigham Young University, United States

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP
McLean Infirmary, Us

Wade Rowatt, Phd
Baylor University, U.s.

John Salsman, PhD
Wake Forest University, Untied States

Vassilis Saroglou, PhD
Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Tony Scioli, PhD
Keene State Higher, United States

Jo-Ann Tsang, PhD
Baylor University, The states

Patty Van Cappellen, PhD
Duke Academy, United States

Michiel van Elk
Leiden University, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daryl Van Tongeren, PhD
Hope College, U.s.a.

David B. Yaden, PhD
Johns Hopkins University, United states

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Special Issues

  • Atheism, Agnosticism, and Nonreligious Worldviews

    Special consequence of the APA journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Vol. 10, No. iii, Baronial 2018. The articles highlight starting points and paths for continued growth in developing methodologies and theories that will permit atheists and the nonreligious to be understood apart from, notwithstanding compared with, their religious counterparts.

  • The Psychology of Virtue

    Special issue of the APA journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Vol. 9, No. 3, August 2017. The articles underscore the centrality of mooring the positive psychological examination of virtue in religious and spiritual traditions.

  • Nature and Development of Totemism, Shamanism, Religions, and Spirituality

    Special issue of the APA journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Vol. seven, No. 4, Nov 2015. The articles are organized on the basis of two main themes - evolution and the cultural nature and evolutionary kinship and sociocultural and cerebral investigation of religions and spirituality.

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