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Can Artificial Intelligence-Based Counseling Improve Iranian Students' Spiritual Well-Being? 基于人工智能的心理咨询能改善伊朗学生的精神健康吗？

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02765-5

Ali Jafari, Ali Jadidi

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Suicidal Ideation Among Students at a United States Seminary: The "Wounded Healer" and Implications for Clergy Mental Health. 美国神学院学生的自杀意念：“受伤的治疗者”及其对神职人员心理健康的影响。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02713-3

Ryan A Parker, Josh Gaghan, David E Eagle

{"title":"Suicidal Ideation Among Students at a United States Seminary: The \"Wounded Healer\" and Implications for Clergy Mental Health.","authors":"Ryan A Parker, Josh Gaghan, David E Eagle","doi":"10.1007/s10943-026-02713-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-026-02713-3","url":null,"abstract":"Analogous to other \"helping professions,\" clergy often experience a higher prevalence of adverse mental health outcomes than the general population. However, it remains unclear whether this elevated risk can be attributed to work-related factors (e.g., high emotional demand and burnout) or experiences prior to entry into ministry. This study compares suicidal ideation (SI) among seminarians at matriculation to a weighted national sample and examines SI at multiple points during their degree program using repeated cross-sectional samples (n = 463 at matriculation, n = 421 at mid-program, and n = 277 at graduation). As pastors-in-training, seminarians offer insight into selection effects, including mental health factors, that shape entry into the clergy profession. Results demonstrated higher SI among seminarians at matriculation compared to a weighted national sample asked a separate SI measure (OR = 1.79; 95% CI [1.33, 2.40]; p < 0.001), with particularly elevated odds among those planning to enter congregational ministry (OR = 2.70; 95% CI [1.84, 3.87]; p < 0.001). Among seminarians, sexual minority status was positively associated with SI. Though the study did not measure within-person change, mid-program estimates demonstrated a lower prevalence of SI compared to matriculation. These differences were no longer significant once accounting for vulnerability to other mental health factors. Past experience with depression was the strongest predictor of SI. Results are consistent with the \"wounded healer\" hypothesis, suggesting that clergy may enter ministry at elevated SI risk prior to exposure to work-related stressors. Results underscore the need to provide tailored mental health support to seminarians before, during, and after seminary training.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4462-4485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148340680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Artificial Intelligence, Clergy and Chronic Care. 人工智能，神职人员和慢性护理。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02802-3

Lindsay B Carey, Harold G Koenig, Terrence Hill, Ezra Gabbay, Piret Paal, Jeffery Cohen, David A Drummond, Jacinda R Carey

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Lifetime Exposure to Suicide and Current Use of Suicide Prevention Competencies Among Catholic Clergy in Nigeria: A Multidimensional Structural Analysis. 一生暴露于自杀和目前使用自杀预防能力在尼日利亚天主教神职人员：多维结构分析。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02754-8

Oluchi Miracle Osondu, Lawrence Ejike Ugwu, Chijioke Kenneth Ayogu, Nwando Maryann Morah, Doris Chinelo Eyisi, Obinna Osita Ike, Jennifer E Johnson, JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji

{"title":"Lifetime Exposure to Suicide and Current Use of Suicide Prevention Competencies Among Catholic Clergy in Nigeria: A Multidimensional Structural Analysis.","authors":"Oluchi Miracle Osondu, Lawrence Ejike Ugwu, Chijioke Kenneth Ayogu, Nwando Maryann Morah, Doris Chinelo Eyisi, Obinna Osita Ike, Jennifer E Johnson, JohnBosco Chika Chukwuorji","doi":"10.1007/s10943-026-02754-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-026-02754-8","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the evidence of clergy encounters with both those at risk and survivors of suicide, research examining suicide exposure and the clergy's use of suicide prevention competencies remains limited. We examined the associations between lifetime exposure to suicide (exposure to suicidal communication, direct exposure to suicide attempts/deaths, and indirect exposure to suicide attempts/deaths) and current use of suicide prevention competencies (ministerial approaches to postvention, nonjudgmental attitude toward people affected by suicide, confidence and knowledge in talking with a suicidal person, and pastoral care with a suicidal person). We also investigated whether suicide prevention training moderates these relationships. Participants were 336 Roman Catholic priests in Nigeria who completed the Suicidal Behaviour Exposure Scale and the Measure of Suicide Prevention Clergy Competencies, including an indicator assessing whether participants had received any formal training. Results showed that lifetime exposure to suicide was associated with the use of suicide prevention competencies among priests without formal suicide prevention training, but not among those with training. The observed moderation effect was more nuanced when we examined the dimensions of exposure in relation to the domains of competency use. Network analyses showed that, among the three exposure domains, exposure to suicidal communication was most prominent. On the clergy competency use side, pastoral care for a suicidal person demonstrated the strongest centrality. Integrating structured suicide prevention training with pastoral experience is therefore important for ensuring consistent and effective responses to individuals at risk.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4599-4622"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13649875/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Human Dignity and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Basis for a Catholic Ethics on AI. 医疗保健中的人类尊严和人工智能：天主教人工智能伦理的基础。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02206-1

Ivan Efreaim A Gozum, Chastene Christopher D Flake

{"title":"Human Dignity and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Basis for a Catholic Ethics on AI.","authors":"Ivan Efreaim A Gozum, Chastene Christopher D Flake","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02206-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-024-02206-1","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has caught the attention of the world as it challenges the status quo on human operations. As AI has dramatically impacted education, healthcare, industry, and economics, a Catholic ethical study of human dignity in the context of AI in healthcare is presented in this article. The debates regarding whether AI will usher well or doom the dignity of humankind are occasioned by increasing developments of technology in patient care and medical decision-making. This paper draws from Catholic ethics, especially the concepts of inherent human dignity, the sanctity of human life, and morality in the medical field. It talks about using AI to upgrade healthcare outcomes without losing the essential humanity of human dignity in medical practice. It also touches on the most likely ethical issues: the morality of AI-related decisions and the depersonalization of health care. Finally, it provides a framework that brings AI development in tandem with a Catholic vision of human dignity and supports a healthcare system that caters to the common good but correctly respects the irreplaceable value of the human person and highlights moral responsibility.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4265-4288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Relationship Between Religious Coping and Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients in Somalia. 索马里血液透析患者宗教应对与生活质量的关系

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-025-02532-y

Elif Bulbul, Merve Kolcu, Samira Hassan Mohamed, Leila Ahmed Shuja, Esra Ozden

{"title":"The Relationship Between Religious Coping and Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients in Somalia.","authors":"Elif Bulbul, Merve Kolcu, Samira Hassan Mohamed, Leila Ahmed Shuja, Esra Ozden","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02532-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02532-y","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to determine the relationship between religious coping and the quality of life of hemodialysis patients in Somalia. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 174 -12 Health Survey hemodialysis patients in April-July 2024 in the hemodialysis unit of a Training and Research Hospital in Somalia. The data were collected using the Patient Identification Form, Religious Coping Scale, and Short Form (SF-12). A significant positive correlation was found between patients' positive religious coping scores (r = 0.270; p < 0.05), physical (r = 0.177; p < 0.05), and mental quality of life and age (r = 0.363; p < 0.05). Additionally, there was a negative correlation between physical quality of life and hemodialysis duration (r = - 0.170; p < 0.05) and a negative correlation between mental quality of life and age (r = - 0.231; p < 0.05). In the multiple linear regression analysis, 15.2% of the total variance in physical quality of life was explained by occupation, positive religious coping, and duration of hemodialysis (F = 10.171. p = 0.000. R2 = 0.152; R = 0.390). The total variance at the mental quality of life level was explained by living with whom and vascular access with a rate of 13.8% (F = 5.363. p = 0.000. R2 = 0.138; R = 0.372). Positive religious coping was associated with improved mental and physical health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"5014-5033"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145795234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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'This is the Test of Our Faith': An Exploratory Study of the Religio-spiritual and Cultural Construction of Cleft Lip and Palate Among Muslim Parents in Punjab, Pakistan. “这是对我们信仰的考验”：巴基斯坦旁遮普省穆斯林父母唇腭裂的宗教精神文化建构探索性研究。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-025-02561-7

Muhammad Rizwan Safdar, Jamal Nasir, Laiba Bukhari

{"title":"'This is the Test of Our Faith': An Exploratory Study of the Religio-spiritual and Cultural Construction of Cleft Lip and Palate Among Muslim Parents in Punjab, Pakistan.","authors":"Muhammad Rizwan Safdar, Jamal Nasir, Laiba Bukhari","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02561-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10943-025-02561-7","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most common congenital defects affecting the orofacial areas worldwide is cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P), which causes a range of social, psychological, and medical challenges for affected children and their families. Several socio-cultural beliefs and superstitions are attached to this condition, but little is known about how CL/P is framed by Muslim parents. The religious, spiritual, and cultural construction of CL/P is a significant yet often overlooked aspect of the subject covered in this study. It also discusses how parents of children with CL/P use spirituality and religion as coping strategies. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, data were gathered from 21 parents of children with CL/P at a cleft care hospital in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan. The purposive sampling technique was used to ensure that participants had direct and relevant lived experience. By utilizing thematic analysis technique, four main and nine sub-themes were identified regarding parents' religio-spiritual and cultural construction of CL/P. In addition to understanding their children's condition through religious and cultural beliefs, the study also found that parents utilized religion and spirituality as coping mechanisms and saw CL/P as a 'test' from God. Many parents seemed to believe in superstitions embedded in Punjabi culture and associated CL/P with several cultural constructions and rituals. The study concludes that religious, spiritual, and cultural beliefs shape how Muslim parents in Punjab, Pakistan constructed and interpreted CL/P. Further, religious and spiritual belief gave optimism and courage to parents as they prayed to God for the quick recovery of their children.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":"4740-4760"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145960402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Medical AI and Human Dignity: A Catholic Normative Ethical Framework in Light of Magnifica Humanitas. 医疗人工智能与人类尊严：天主教在人道主义光辉下的规范伦理框架。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02759-3

Anton Heinrich L Rennesland, Joshua Cedric Aquino Gundayao

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Healing the Moral Self: Al-Ghazālī's Psychology of the Heart and Moral Injury, with Implications for Muslim Mental Health and Spiritual Care in Indonesia. 治愈道德自我：Al-Ghazālī的心脏和道德伤害的心理，与暗示穆斯林的心理健康和精神护理在印度尼西亚。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02804-1

Ade Kosasih, Iyus Yosep, Undang Ahmad Darsa, Rohman Hikmat, Muntazhar Nur Syabana, Roxsana Devi Tumanggor

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A Short Spirituality Scale Grounded in the Bhagavad Gita: Development and Validation in India. 以《博伽梵歌》为基础的短期灵性尺度：在印度的发展和验证。

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Journal of Religion & Health Pub Date : 2026-09-27 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-026-02805-0

Kiran Bhagwandas, Latha Satish, Jayaraman Mahadevan

{"title":"A Short Spirituality Scale Grounded in the Bhagavad Gita: Development and Validation in India.","authors":"Kiran Bhagwandas, Latha Satish, Jayaraman Mahadevan","doi":"10.1007/s10943-026-02805-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-026-02805-0","url":null,"abstract":"Spirituality is increasingly recognized for its association with emotional and physical health. However, many existing measures conflate it with general well-being or religiosity, making it difficult to examine spirituality as a distinct construct. The present study introduces the Short Spirituality Scale (SSS) to address this problem. It consists of a ten-item spirituality measure grounded in the Bhagavad Gita's four paths of spiritual growth-karma (selfless action), jñāna (discernment), dhyāna (meditation), and bhakti (devotion). Textual analysis, expert input, and cognitive interviewing were used to develop the items to enhance clarity, inclusiveness, and cultural sensitivity. Although items were written to represent the four yogic paths, psychometric analyses consistently supported a stable two-factor structure-Acceptance of Divine Presence and Abidance in the Absolute. Exploratory (N = 204) and confirmatory (N = 277) factor analyses showed strong model fit. Reliability analyses demonstrated good internal consistency, high test-retest stability, and moderate inter-rater agreement. Validity testing (N = 417) found that higher spirituality correlated with better life satisfaction and flourishing. Higher spirituality scores were also negatively associated with burnout, depression, stress, anxiety, and neuroticism, supporting strong concurrent, convergent, divergent, and discriminant validity. Preliminary percentile-based reference values from an adult sample (N = 1,682) provide age- and gender-specific interpretation. The SSS fills a critical methodological gap by offering one of the few spirituality measures grounded in a coherent philosophical framework rather than fragmented or atheoretical item pools. It assesses spirituality as an orientation toward transcendence rather than as well-being and is potentially useful in mental health practice, public health programs, and spiritual care.","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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