"Religion and Psychology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The interrelationship of psychology and religion.
| Descriptor ID |
D012069
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.880 K01.844.664
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Religion and Psychology".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Religion and Psychology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Religion and Psychology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Religion and Psychology" by people in Profiles.
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Daniels CL, Ellison CG, Shattuck EC, Sunil TS, Xu X. God Knows Best: Exploring the God Locus of Health Control, Race-Ethnicity, and Risk-Taking and Protective Behaviors Interrelationship in the USA. J Relig Health. 2025 Dec; 64(6):4847-4866.
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Pag?n-Torres OM, Cumba-Avil?s E, Santiago-Torres J, Rodr?guez-Caraballo DJ. Validation, Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Duke University Religion Index Among Puerto Rican Adults. J Relig Health. 2025 Apr; 64(2):1301-1319.
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Abou-Abbass H, El Sheikh WG, Bizri M, Tamim H, Al-Hajj S, Karout L, Allouch F, Chehade R, Ghannam M, Fares Y, Nasser Z, Harati H, Kobeissy F. Cultural assimilation of adult Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Effect modification by religiosity and sex on the relation between cultural adversities and common mental health disorders. Psychol Trauma. 2024 Dec; 16(Suppl 3):S511-S520.
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Lew B, K?lves K, Zhang J, Zhizhong W, Koenig HG, Yip PSF, Abu Talib M, Osman A, Siau CS, Chan CMH. Religious affiliation and suicidality among college students in China: A cross-sectional study across six provinces. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0251698.
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Lamb KM, Vaughn AA, Calzo JP, Blashill AJ. The Role of Sexual Orientation in the Associations Between Religiousness and Hypertension. J Relig Health. 2020 Dec; 59(6):3141-3156.
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Bruce MA, Norris KC, Thorpe RJ. Religious Service Attendance and Despair Among Health Professionals-A Catalyst for New Avenues of Inquiry. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 07 01; 77(7):670-671.
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Felicilda-Reynaldo RFD, Cruz JP, Papathanasiou IV, Helen Shaji JC, Kamau SM, Adams KA, Valdez GFD. Quality of Life and the Predictive Roles of Religiosity and Spiritual Coping Among Nursing Students: A Multi-country Study. J Relig Health. 2019 Oct; 58(5):1573-1591.
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De La Rosa M, Huang H, Brook JS, Sanchez M, Rojas P, Kanamori M, Cano M?, Martinez M. Sociocultural determinants of substance misuse among adult Latinas of Caribbean and South and Central American descent: A longitudinal study of a community-based sample. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2018 Jul-Sep; 17(3):303-323.
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Eaves ER, Nichter M, Ritenbaugh C. Ways of Hoping: Navigating the Paradox of Hope and Despair in Chronic Pain. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2016 Mar; 40(1):35-58.
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Sasaki JY, Mojaverian T, Kim HS. Religion priming and an oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism interact to affect self-control in a social context. Dev Psychopathol. 2015 Feb; 27(1):97-109.