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Development of the Spiritual and Religious Competency Assessment (SARCA): An instrument to measure competency in supervisees
(2007-12)
Scope and Method of Study: The primary purposes of this study were to develop a measure of spiritual and religious competency that could be utilized in the supervision relationship and to explore possible predictors of ...
Impact of Evolutionary Theory on College Students' Outlook-On-Life
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate from a social science perspective the extent to which students held a positive or negative outlook-on-life through the lens of the theory of evolution. The working concept of ...
Geographical Study of the Varying Impact of Demominational Affiliation and Poverty on Presidential Voting in Kansas: 1972 to 2012
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
This empirical study examines the claim made by political analysts such as Thomas Frank that, in Kansas, residents' presidential party affiliations are influenced more heavily by social issues than economic issues. A popular ...
Religious scruples and the politics of anticommunism in Oklahoma, 1917-1951
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This study surveys the progression and interaction between anticommunism and religious faith in Oklahoma state and local politics from 1917 to 1951. Employing primary source materials that include ...
Exploring race-talk at a Christian college: A case study
(2023-05)
Research suggests that the cultural homogeneity of Christian college campuses presents challenges for people of color to navigate. White cultural norms influence attitudes about race. The way people at an institution talk ...
Ethnicity, Religion, Natural Resources, and Security: The Cypriot Offshore Drilling Crisis
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
On September 18, 2011, the Republic of Cyprus announced it had begun the process of extracting offshore hydrocarbons. The announcement sparked a crisis. Great Britain, Greece, Russia and Israel voiced their support for the ...
New Model and Measurement of Spirituality
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-12-01)
The current study presented a novel, integrated model and measure of spirituality based on the notion that religion and spirituality should be construed as partners (Schneiders, 2003). The measure was developed within the ...
Relationship of Religious Emphasis During Childhood, Religious Values, and Family Conversations with Sex Anxiety
(2019-07)
There is a gap in the literature on sex anxiety and an individual's religious emphasis during childhood and values, pertaining to monotheistic religions. Little is known or understood about which factors relate to sex ...
Relationship between religion and spirituality
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The current study improved upon the Spirituality Repertory Assessment-Christian Version, a novel and integrated model and measure of spirituality based on the notion that religion and spirituality ...
To believe or not to believe: Religious/spiritual and secular identity group differences in quality of life and psychological distress in college students
(2022-07)
Religiosity and spirituality often provide core coping structures to believers. College students are regularly put into novel situations and environments in which they must rely on their coping mechanisms, including practices ...