Spirituality

"Spirituality" 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.

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Sensitivity or attachment to religious values, or to things of the spirit as opposed to material or worldly interests. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed, and Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed)

Descriptor ID	D029181
MeSH Number(s)	F02.880.705 K01.844.664.500
Concept/Terms	Spirituality Spirituality Spiritualities

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Spirituality".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Religion and Psychology [F02.880]
Spirituality [F02.880.705]
Humanities [K]
Humanities [K01]
Religion [K01.844]
Religion and Psychology [K01.844.664]
Spirituality [K01.844.664.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Spirituality".

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spirituality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spirituality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 41 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	2	1	3
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	2	3
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	4	1	5
2012	2	2	4
2013	3	1	4
2014	1	0	1
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	1	3
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Spirituality" by people in Profiles.

Kahn CB, James D, George S, Johnson T, Kahn-John M, Teufel-Shone NI, Begay C, Tutt M, Bauer MC. Din? (Navajo) Traditional Knowledge Holders' Perspective of COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 20; 20(4).

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Bruce MA, Beech BM, Kermah D, Bailey S, Phillips N, Jones HP, Bowie JV, Heitman E, Norris KC, Whitfield KE, Thorpe RJ. Religious service attendance and mortality among older Black men. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0273806.

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Shields AE, Zhang Y, Argentieri MA, Warner ET, Cozier YC, Liu C, Dye CK, Kent BV, Baccarelli AA, Palmer JR. Stress and spirituality in relation to HPA axis gene methylation among US Black women: results from the Black Women's Health Study and the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health. Epigenomics. 2021 11; 13(21):1711-1734.

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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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Nair D, Bonnet K, Wild MG, Umeukeje EM, Fissell RB, Faulkner ML, Bahri NS, Bruce MA, Schlundt DG, Wallston KA, Cavanaugh KL. Psychological Adaptation to Serious Illness: A Qualitative Study of Culturally Diverse Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 01; 61(1):32-41.e2.

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Bruce MA, Beech BM, Wilder T, Burton ET, Sheats JL, Norris KC, Thorpe RJ. Religiosity and Excess Weight Among African-American Adolescents: The Jackson Heart KIDS Study. J Relig Health. 2020 Feb; 59(1):223-233.

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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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Herren OM, Burris SE, Levy SA, Kirk K, Banks KS, Jones VL, Beard B, Mwendwa DT, Callender CO, Campbell AL. Influence of Spirituality on Depression-Induced Inflammation and Executive Functioning in a Community Sample of African Americans. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(2):267-276.

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Lassiter JM, Saleh L, Starks T, Grov C, Ventuneac A, Parsons JT. Race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and education are associated with gay and bisexual men's religious and spiritual participation and beliefs: Results from the One Thousand Strong cohort. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2017 Oct; 23(4):468-476.

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Lassiter JM, Parsons JT. Religion and Spirituality's Influences on HIV Syndemics Among MSM: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model. AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb; 20(2):461-72.

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