Religious and spiritual struggles (R/S struggles)—tension or conflicts regarding religious or
spiritual matters—have been robustly linked to greater psychological distress and lower well …

What types of religious and spiritual struggles do people experience when they disengage
from religion? We examined college students (N= 3,598) who had pulled back from religion …

Prior research suggests robust links between religious/spiritual struggles and lower levels of
mental health. This work has examined trait measures of religious/spiritual struggles over …

The time periods or experiences during which people believe that they encountered the
sacred may be referred to as sacred moments. Such experiences might serve as …

Abstract Religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles can be emotionally painful, yet little is known about
how people cope with them. In our study, undergraduates (N= 976) who were currently …

The current study systematically explored and described religious/spiritual (r/s) struggles–
distress, tension, and conflict about certain aspects of r/s belief, practice, or experience–in a …

The predominance and use of social media for sacred and secular purposes have made it
imperative to understand the role of social media in people's religious motives and life …

Grounded in the self-determination theory, the current study examines the impact of Islamic
religious knowledge on individuals' well-being and life satisfaction via an underlying …

Theoretically, religions and spirituality (R/S) can help people maintain well-being and
meaning in life, but these relationships are not simple or without conflict and ambivalence …

The purpose of this study was to examine the bidirectional relationship between religiosity
and psychological well-being in a sample of American adults. The study used data from the …