A meta–analysis was conducted with 53 articles reporting 70 studies that addressed gender
and forgiveness. The mean d was. 28 indicating that females are more forgiving than males …

It is clear from polls of the general public that religion and spirituality are important in most
people's lives. In addition, the spiritual and religious landscape is becoming increasingly …

A growing body of literature suggests that people often turn to religion when co** with
stressful events. However, studies on the efficacy of religious co** for people dealing with …

Six studies regarding forgiveness are presented. The Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS), a
self‐report measure of dispositional forgiveness (with subscales to assess forgiveness of …

A total of 268 medically ill, elderly, hospitalized patients responded to measures of religious
co** and spiritual, psychological and physical functioning at baseline and follow-up two …

It would give us some comfort if we could only forget a past that we cannot change. If we
could only choose to forget the cruelest moments, we could, as time goes on, free ourselves …

For many people, religion and spirituality constitute a major domain of life, one that may
influence other domains (eg, work, relationships, self-regulation). As with any dimension of …

Psychologists have tended to view religion from a distance as a global, undifferentiated,
stable process that is largely good or largely bad. This article presents a more fine-grained …

There is a need in both public and professional sectors for a deeper, and more complete
understanding of forgiveness, as we are-in the author's own words-" on the threshold of an …

Background Although church attendance has been associated with a reduced risk of
mortality, no study has examined the impact of religious struggle with an illness on mortality …