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Counselor Trainee Bias: Empathy and Blame in Co‐Occurring Disorders Open

Jamian Coleman, Franco Dispenza, Dennis D. Gilbride, Melissa Zeligman, Don E. Davis , et al. · 2025

Using a 2 × 2 analog design, 138 counselors‐in‐training (CITs) were randomly assigned to vignettes to assess how they differently attributed blame and empathy toward a fictional client with a co‐occurring substance use disorder (SUD) and p…

Development and Evaluation of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale-5 (RSS-5) Open

Sarah Salcone, Joseph M. Currier, Ryon C. McDermott, Don E. Davis, Amanda M. Raines , et al. · 2025

The purpose of this study was to develop a five-item form of the Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale (RSS; Exline et al., Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 6 , 208-222, 2014), (2022). Drawing upon three samples – 711 depressed a…

Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns Open

Daryl Van Tongeren, Isabella Brady, Claire Van Duinen, Aaron T. McLaughlin, Don E. Davis , et al. · 2025

Religious Attendance and Well-being: Which Causal Questions Can We Answer? Open

Joseph Bulbulia, Don E. Davis, Crystal L. Park, Kenneth G. Rice, Geoffrey Troughton , et al. · 2024

People who attend religious services report higher well-being. Does attendance *cause* these benefits? We use six annual waves of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (N = 46,377) to estimate causal effects of religious attendance on…

The causal effects of religious service attendance on prosocial behaviours in New Zealand: A national longitudinal study Open

Joseph Bulbulia, Don E. Davis, Kenneth G. Rice, Chris G. Sibley, Geoffrey Troughton · 2024

We investigate the causal effects of religious service attendance on prosocial behaviours using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 33,198 New Zealanders collected between 2018 and 2021. Our study innovates in thre…

Thanks Be to God: Divine Gratitude and Its Relationship to Well-Being Open

Philip C. Watkins, Robert A. Emmons, Don E. Davis, Michael Frederick · 2024

Gratitude is a pivotal concept in the psychology of religion because it is one of the most frequently experienced emotions toward God. The authors developed a trait measure of Gratitude to God (GTG-T) and investigated the association betwe…

Are there potential costs for humility in a pluralistic democracy?: A longitudinal investigation of immigrants in the New Zealand attitudes and values study Open

Aaron T. McLaughlin, Don E. Davis, Yejin Lee, Hee Chan Woo, Jamian Coleman , et al. · 2024

Introduction In this longitudinal study, we examine the potential costs and benefits of humility for well-being and civic trust among immigrants in a pluralistic democracy. Methods With data from 14,864 immigrant participants from a nation…

The Causal Effects of Religious Service Attendance on Prosocial Behaviours in New Zealand: A National Longitudinal Study Open

Joseph Bulbulia, Don E. Davis, Kenneth Rice, Chris G. Sibley, Geoffrey Troughton · 2024

We investigate the causal effects of religious service attendance on prosocial behaviours using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of 33,198 New Zealanders collected between 2018 and 2021. Our study innovates in thre…

Too Much Intellectual Humility? Measuring Intellectual Servility in Civic Engagement During the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Open

Stacey E. McElroy‐Heltzel, Heather Battaly, Don E. Davis, Joshua N. Hook · 2024

This article asserts that intellectual humility (IH) is a virtue that might mitigate political polarization, hostility, and susceptibility to misinformation, and authors assert that the vice of arrogance, a deficiency of IH, drives these t…

Multicultural Competencies: A 30-Year Content Analysis of American Counseling Association Journals Open

Vanessa Placeres, Don E. Davis, Sarah Gazaway, Noel N. Williams, Erin Mason , et al. · 2024

We conducted a 30-year content analysis (1987-2017) on quantitative literature about multicultural counseling competencies in American Counseling Association journals. Fifty-five articles were coded for leading contributors, specialty, int…

Meaning making enhances gratitude to God: The importance of spiritual appraisals. Open

Philip C. Watkins, Michael Frederick, Don E. Davis, Daryl R. Van Tongeren · 2023

The multilevel correlates, contributions, and consequences of leader humility in humanitarian aid work Open

Edward B. Davis, Kelly Barneche, Jamie D. Aten, Laura Shannonhouse, David Wang , et al. · 2023

Objective Leader humility has been linked to many positive outcomes but not examined in humanitarian aid work. Three studies examined the multilevel correlates, contributions, and consequences of leader humility in Medair—a large, multinat…

Advancements in the Management of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Comprehensive Narrative Review Open

Don E. Davis, Jainisha Thadhani, Vatsalya Choudhary, Reem Nausheem, Cristhian Rubén Vallejo Zambrano , et al. · 2023

Linguistic and thematic differences in written letters of gratitude to God and gratitude toward others Open

Adam S. Hodge, Heidi M. Ellis, Sabrina Zuniga, Hansong Zhang, Cameron W. Davis , et al. · 2023

There is a dearth of empirical research distinguishing gratitude to God (GTG) from interhuman gratitude (IHG). This study explored linguistic (quantitative) and thematic (qualitative) differences in letters of GTG and letters of IHG. Parti…

Gratitude to God and relational virtues Open

Sabrina Zuniga, Adam S. Hodge, Heidi M. Ellis, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis , et al. · 2023

This study examines the degree to which Gratitude to God is associated with forgiveness, relational humility, and altruism, above and beyond domain-general gratitude and religious commitment. The authors further discuss methodological limi…

Exploring the cognitive context of gratitude to God: emotional impact and appraisals of benefits from God Open

Philip C. Watkins, Michael Frederick, Don E. Davis, Robert A. Emmons · 2023

In two pre-registered studies we investigated the cognitive context of gratitude to God (GTG) and fading positive affect of grateful memories. Although gratitude has been shown to causally impact happiness, few studies have investigated ho…

Fiber composite flywheel rim Open

Don E. Davis, Kenneth T Ingham · 2023

A flywheel 2 comprising a hub 4 having at least one radially projecting disc 6, an annular rim 14 secured to said disc and providing a surface circumferential to said hub, a first plurality of resin-impregnated fibers 22 wound about said r…

Words and Action: Measuring Interpersonal Expressions of Gratitude Open

Joel Wong, Madalyn R. Cauble, Don E. Davis, Alexis L. Pandelios, P. F. Jonah Li , et al. · 2023

Positive Psychology and Christianity Open

Adam S. Hodge, Joshua N. Hook, Jichan Kim, David K. Mosher, Aaron T. McLaughlin , et al. · 2022

Both theoretical reflection and empirical research have purported a mutual exchange of benefits for the collaboration between positive psychology (PP) and Christianity. However, the varied belief systems and worldviews held among adherents…

Religion/Spirituality and the Twin Virtues of Humility and Gratitude Open

Madalyn R. Cauble, Iman Abdulkadir Said, Aaron T. McLaughlin, Sarah Gazaway, Daryl R. Van Tongeren , et al. · 2022

In this chapter, we review the literature on religion/spirituality (R/S) and the twin virtues of humility and gratitude. We focused on articles that were published in peer-reviewed journals and included both a measure of religion/spiritual…

The Role of Religious Coping in Understanding the Suicide Risk of Older Adults during COVID-19 Open

Camila A. Pulgar, Afroze N. Shaikh, Laura Shannonhouse, Don E. Davis · 2022

In the United States, racially diverse, homebound older adults have been among those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During times of disaster, persons impacted tend to turn to their faith to make sense of suffering. COVID-19 has be…

Gratitude to God Predicts Religious Well-Being over Time Open

Philip C. Watkins, Michael Frederick, Don E. Davis · 2022

The authors used a prospective design to investigate how gratitude to God predicts religious well-being over time. Gratitude to God is a central aspect of monotheistic religions, and thus may be particularly important to the religious/spir…

Reflections on the Prospects and Perils of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Emic Research Open

Jason McMartin, Kelly M. Kapic, Don E. Davis, Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall , et al. · 2022

As scholars who have been engaged in interdisciplinary emic measure development, we provide our reflections on the prospects and perils of this kind of engagement. We contrast the approach we have in mind with other interdisciplinary activ…

School Counselors and Multicultural Counseling Competencies: Are We as Competent as We Think We Are? Open

Vanessa Placeres, Don E. Davis, Nicolás Williams, Shola Shodiya-Zeumault, Michelle Aiello , et al. · 2022

We investigated the relationship between self-reported multicultural competence and social issues awareness among school counselors and raters’ assessment of multicultural orientation skills (cultural humility and cultural comfort) using a…

Acknowledgment Open

Dena Yonatan, Aditya Salman, Shaheen Ahmad, Michelle Albaugh, Rosemary Al-Kire , et al. · 2022

Religious Homogamy Affects the Connections of Personality and Marriage Qualities to Unforgiving Motives: Implications for Couple Therapy Open

Annabella Osei‐Tutu, Everett L. Worthington, Zhuo Job Chen, Stacey E. McElroy‐Heltzel, Don E. Davis , et al. · 2021

In Ghana, collectivism holds people together in marital relationships, even if partners are religiously different. Married partners still hurt, betray, or offend each other and might develop avoidance or vengeful (i.e., unforgiving) motive…

Resource loss and mental health during <span>COVID</span>‐19: Psychosocial protective factors among U.S. older adults and those with chronic disease Open

Stacey E. McElroy‐Heltzel, Laura Shannonhouse, Edward B. Davis, Austin W. Lemke, Mary Chase Mize , et al. · 2021

Across the globe, COVID‐19 has disproportionately affected the physical and mental health of several vulnerable groups. In a series of two cross‐sectional studies conducted April to July 2020, we examined its acute mental health effects on…

English Language Proficiency in the Hospitality Industry of Western Ukraine: Pedagogical Challenges and Promises Open

Roman Poznanskyy, Don E. Davis · 2021

This study measures the English proficiency levels of hospitality workers in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine. It also compares English proficiency levels among hospitality workers in resort areas, urban cities, and rural comm…

National Longitudinal Mediators of Psychological Distress During Stringent COVID-19 Lockdown Open

Joseph Bulbulia, Sofia Piven, Fiona Kate Barlow, Don E. Davis, Lara M. Greaves , et al. · 2020

We leverage powerful time-series data from a national longitudinal sample measured before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the world’s eighth most stringent COVID-19 lockdown (New Zealand, March-April 2020, N = 940) and apply Bayesian mult…

The Bittersweet Dynamics of Psychological Distress and Relief During New Zealand’s COVID-19 Lockdown Clarify Avoidable Mental Health Burdens Open

Joseph Bulbulia, Fiona Kate Barlow, Don E. Davis, Lara M. Greaves, Benjamin Highland , et al. · 2020

Research indicates COVID-19 lockdowns elevated psychological distress. Here, we leverage national panel data before and during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown to clarify distress buffers (2018/2020, N = 940). To distinguish lockdown-relate…

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