Kevin J. Flannelly

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Reducing People’s Judgment Bias About Their Level of Knowledge

Laura T. Flannelly, Kevin J. Flannelly

The Psychological Record > 2000 > 50 > 3 > 587-600

Two experiments were conducted to replicate and extend previous findings which indicated that judgment bias about the extent of one’s own knowledgle can be decreased by a de-biasing technique called counterfactual reasoning, that is, having people consider why their answers to questions may be wrong. The results of the two experiments confirm the effectiveness of this technique to decrease bias, by...

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Belief in Human Sinfulness, Belief in Experiencing Divine Forgiveness, and Psychiatric Symptoms

Jeremy E. Uecker, Christopher G. Ellison, Kevin J. Flannelly, Amy M. Burdette

Review of Religious Research > 2016 > 58 > 1 > 1-26

Many mental health and religious professionals have long argued that belief in human sinfulness is associated with poor mental health. Others argue that the deleterious mental health effects of belief in sinfulness may be buffered by a concomitant belief in divine forgiveness, which may itself have positive mental health benefits. We test these ideas using data from a national survey of US adults...

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Beliefs About God and Mental Health Among American Adults

Nava R. Silton, Kevin J. Flannelly, Kathleen Galek, Christopher G. Ellison

Journal of Religion and Health > 2014 > 53 > 5 > 1285-1296

This study examines the association between beliefs about God and psychiatric symptoms in the context of Evolutionary Threat Assessment System Theory, using data from the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey of US Adults (N = 1,426). Three beliefs about God were tested separately in ordinary least squares regression models to predict five classes of psychiatric symptoms: general anxiety, social anxiety, paranoia,...

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It Pays to Forgive! Aging, Forgiveness, Hostility, and Health

Nava R. Silton, Kevin J. Flannelly, Laura J. Lutjen

Journal of Adult Development > 2013 > 20 > 4 > 222-231

The relationships among age, forgiveness, hostility, and subjective health were examined in a sample of 1,629 US adults who completed a Web-based survey sponsored by Spirituality and Health magazine. A structural equation model was used to test hypotheses about the relationships between age, forgiveness, hostility, and poor health. The model confirmed that age was positively related to poor health...

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Pray Tell: The Who, What, Why, and How of Prayer Across Multiple Faiths

Nava R. Silton, Kevin J. Flannelly, Kathleen Galek, David Fleenor

Pastoral Psychology > 2013 > 62 > 1 > 41-52

Although prayer is one of the most common chaplain interventions, there is a dearth of information pertaining to prayer in the chaplaincy literature. This study was therefore conducted to obtain basic information from professional chaplains about their use of prayer with patients. Eight professional chaplains participated in a 90-min focus group to discuss, among other things, the nature of chaplain...

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Patients’ Expectations of Healthcare Chaplaincy: A Cross-Sectional Study in the German Part of Switzerland

Urs Winter-Pfändler, Kevin J. Flannelly

Journal of Religion and Health > 2013 > 52 > 1 > 159-168

Identifying patients’ expectations of and need for healthcare chaplaincy is important in terms of appropriate intervention. Therefore, a sample of 612 patients from 32 general hospitals and psychiatric clinics in the German part of Switzerland was surveyed about their expectations of chaplaincy service. A principal component factor analysis of participants’ ratings found that the survey items fell...

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Belief in Life-After-Death, Beliefs About the World, and Psychiatric Symptoms

Kevin J. Flannelly, Christopher G. Ellison, Kathleen Galek, Nava R. Silton

Journal of Religion and Health > 2012 > 51 > 3 > 651-662

Data from the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey were analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM) to test five hypotheses: (1) that religious commitment is positively related to belief in life-after-death; that belief in life-after-death is (2) positively related to belief in an equitable world, and (3) negatively related to belief in a cynical world; (4) that belief in a cynical world has a pernicious...

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Religion, Forgiveness, Hostility and Health: A Structural Equation Analysis

Laura J. Lutjen, Nava R. Silton, Kevin J. Flannelly

Journal of Religion and Health > 2012 > 51 > 2 > 468-478

Religious participation has been shown to increase certain factors thought to be protective of health, including social support and positive health habits. The current study considers whether religious participation may likewise have a positive influence on health by increasing forgiveness and diminishing hostility. A structural equation analysis of data collected from a national survey of 1,629 participants...

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The Association Between Religious Beliefs and Practices and End-of-Life Fears Among Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Nava R. Silton, Kevin J. Flannelly, Christopher G. Ellison, Kathleen Galek, more

Review of Religious Research > 2011 > 53 > 3 > 357-370

This study examines the association between various religious beliefs and practices and fears pertaining to death and dying in a national sample of liberal Protestant U.S. adults. Data were analyzed from a 2002 survey of members and elders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) (N = 935). Four measures of religion were tested together in models predicting four end-of-life fears. Church attendance (p < ...

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Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Social Support

Kathleen Galek, Kevin J. Flannelly, Paul B. Greene, Taryn Kudler

Pastoral Psychology > 2011 > 60 > 5 > 633-649

The current study examines the extent to which selected work-related variables differentially predict burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) and the degree to which social support mitigates both of these occupational stress syndromes. Multiple regression performed on responses from 331 professional chaplains found that: (1) the number of years worked in the same employment position was positively...

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Religious Resources, Spiritual Struggles, and Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of PCUSA Clergy

Christopher G. Ellison, Lori A. Roalson, Janelle M. Guillory, Kevin J. Flannelly, more

Pastoral Psychology > 2010 > 59 > 3 > 287-304

A growing body of research explores patterns and correlates of mental health among clergy and other religious professionals. Our study augments this work by distinguishing between religious resources (i.e., support from church members, positive religious coping practices), and spiritual struggles (i.e., troubled relations with God, negative interactions with members, chronic religious doubts). We...

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Beliefs about God, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Evolutionary Psychiatry

Kevin J. Flannelly, Kathleen Galek, Christopher G. Ellison, Harold G. Koenig

Journal of Religion and Health > 2010 > 49 > 2 > 246-261

The present study analyzed the association between specific beliefs about God and psychiatric symptoms among a representative sample of 1,306 U.S. adults. Three pairs of beliefs about God served as the independent variables: Close and Loving, Approving and Forgiving, and Creating and Judging. The dependent variables were measures of General Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive-Compulsion, Paranoid Ideation,...

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Religion, Evolution, and Mental Health: Attachment Theory and ETAS Theory

Kevin J. Flannelly, Kathleen Galek

Journal of Religion and Health > 2010 > 49 > 3 > 337-350

This article reviews the historical origins of Attachment Theory and Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems Theory (ETAS Theory), their evolutionary basis and their application in research on religion and mental health. Attachment Theory has been most commonly applied to religion and mental health in research on God as an attachment figure, which has shown that secure attachment to God is positively...

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Religious Doubt and Mental Health Across the Lifespan

Kathleen Galek, Neal Krause, Christopher G. Ellison, Taryn Kudler, more

Journal of Adult Development > 2007 > 14 > 1-2 > 16-25

The current study examined the connections among religious doubt, mental health, and aging in a nationwide sample of individuals 18 years and older (N = 1629). Findings indicate that that religious doubt emerging from the recognition of suffering and evil in the world has a deleterious impact on mental health. Results also show that as people grow older, religious doubts continue to be associated...

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Rabbis and Health: A Half-Century Review of the Mental and Physical Health Care Literature:1950–1999

Kevin J. Flannelly, Rabbi Shira Stern, Karen G. Costa, Andrew J. Weaver, more

Pastoral Psychology > 2006 > 54 > 6 > 545-554

Electronic searches were conducted on PubMed and the American Psychological Association's database (PsycINFO) for articles that discussed the role of rabbis in relation to some aspect of healthcare. The two searches were conducted in each electronic database using the search-terms: (1) (rabbi OR rabbinical OR synagogue) OR (2) (Judaism OR Jewish) AND (clergy OR chaplain). Articles were classified...

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Trends in the Scientific Study of Religion, Spirituality, and Health: 1965–2000

Andrew J. Weaver, Kenneth I. Pargament, Kevin J. Flannelly, Julia E. Oppenheimer

Journal of Religion and Health > 2006 > 45 > 2 > 208-214

The present study examined the degree to which interest in religion, spirituality, and health has changed in psychology and the behavioral sciences over the past few decades. To accomplish this, searches were conducted on the PsycINFO database between the years 1965 and 2000. Three basic searches were conducted combining the word “health” with the following search terms: 1. (religion OR religious...

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A Comparative Analysis of the Psychological Literature on Collaboration Between Clergy and Mental-Health Professionals—Perspectives from Secular and Religious Journals: 1970–1999

Julia E. Oppenheimer, Kevin J. Flannelly, Andrew J. Weaver

Pastoral Psychology > 2004 > 53 > 2 > 153-162

A search of the psychological literature was conducted to obtain a better understanding of the issues surrounding collaboration between clergy and psychologists. An electronic search of PsycINFO for 1970–1999 ultimately yielded 52 articles in secular journals and 37 articles in religiously oriented journals that discussed collaboration. Whereas interest in collaboration peaked in religious journals...

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A Study of Pastoral Care, Referral, and Consultation Practices Among Clergy in Four Settings in the New York City Area

Michael Moran, Kevin J. Flannelly, Andrew J. Weaver, Jon A. Overvold, more

Pastoral Psychology > 2004 > 53 > 3 > 255-266

Clergy (N = 179) in the catchment areas of four hospitals in New York and Connecticut were surveyed about their pastoral care activities. Factor analysis revealed two separate sets of problems presented in pastoral counseling, with respect to clergy’s ratings of their competence to address them. The first factor included grief, death and dying, anxiety, and marital problems, in descending order of...

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A Review of Mortality Research on Clergy and Other Religious Professionals

Kevin J. Flannelly, Andrew J. Weaver, David B. Larson, Harold G. Koenig

Journal of Religion and Health > 2002 > 41 > 1 > 57-68

An exhaustive literature search was undertaken to find studies on mortality rates among clergy. A total of twelve studies, published between 1959 and 2000, were identified that examined mortality among American and European clergy. All but one of the reports found lower all-cause death rates for clergy compared to the people in general population of similar age. Protestant ministers consistently were...

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The Effectiveness of Self-Management Training for Individuals With HIV/AIDS

Jillian Inouye, Laura Flannelly, Kevin J. Flannelly

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care > 2001 > 12 > 5 > 71-82

This study tested the effects of a 7-week individual self-management and coping skills training program on various measures of health and well-being of persons with HIV/AIDS. Forty men and women were randomly assigned to the treatment or wait-list control group. Treated participants showed significant posttreatment changes on all four major measures of mood, coping, and health attitudes. Treatment...

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Search results for: Kevin J. Flannelly

Reducing People’s Judgment Bias About Their Level of Knowledge

Belief in Human Sinfulness, Belief in Experiencing Divine Forgiveness, and Psychiatric Symptoms

Beliefs About God and Mental Health Among American Adults

It Pays to Forgive! Aging, Forgiveness, Hostility, and Health

Pray Tell: The Who, What, Why, and How of Prayer Across Multiple Faiths

Patients’ Expectations of Healthcare Chaplaincy: A Cross-Sectional Study in the German Part of Switzerland

Belief in Life-After-Death, Beliefs About the World, and Psychiatric Symptoms

Religion, Forgiveness, Hostility and Health: A Structural Equation Analysis

The Association Between Religious Beliefs and Practices and End-of-Life Fears Among Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Social Support

Religious Resources, Spiritual Struggles, and Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of PCUSA Clergy

Beliefs about God, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Evolutionary Psychiatry

Religion, Evolution, and Mental Health: Attachment Theory and ETAS Theory

Religious Doubt and Mental Health Across the Lifespan

Rabbis and Health: A Half-Century Review of the Mental and Physical Health Care Literature:1950–1999

Trends in the Scientific Study of Religion, Spirituality, and Health: 1965–2000

A Comparative Analysis of the Psychological Literature on Collaboration Between Clergy and Mental-Health Professionals—Perspectives from Secular and Religious Journals: 1970–1999

A Study of Pastoral Care, Referral, and Consultation Practices Among Clergy in Four Settings in the New York City Area

A Review of Mortality Research on Clergy and Other Religious Professionals

The Effectiveness of Self-Management Training for Individuals With HIV/AIDS

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