Speaker List

Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speaker 1: Dr. Lynn Underwood – Sense of Spiritual Connection as Measured by The Daily Spiritual Experience Scale: A Resource (Case Western Reserve University)

Keynote Speaker 2: Dr. Laird Edman – Rummaging Around in the Basement: Current Issues in the Cognitive Science of Religion (Northwestern College)

Invited Speakers

Invited Speaker 1: Kadam Lucy James – The Medicine of Altruism: A Buddhist Perspective (Kadampa Meditation Center)

Invited Speaker 2: Dr. Kevin Masters – Issues in Research on Religion/Spirituality and Health: What Does a Cultural Perspective Have to Offer? (University of Colorado Denver)

Invited Speaker 3: Dr. Amy Wachholtz – The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Preventing and Treating Addiction (University of Colorado Denver)

Invited Speaker 4: Dr. Jean Kristeller – The Role of Mindfulness in Spirituality and Health (Indiana State University)

Invited Speaker 5: Dr. Gina Brelsford – Spirituality and Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Implications for Couples’ Relationship Functioning and Co-Parenting (Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg)

Invited Speaker 6: Dr. Connie Svob – The Role of Religiosity/Spirituality in Families at High Risk for Depression: A Three-Generation Longitudinal Study (Columbia University)

Invited Speaker 7: Dr. John Salsman – Religion, Spirituality, and Cancer: Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities in an Era of Patient-Centered Medicine (Wake Forest School of Medicine)

Invited Clinical Workshop

Dr. Jean Kristeller – Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT): An Introduction to Spiritual and Health Benefits (Indiana State University)

Skill-Building Sessions

Skill-Building Session 1: Monitoring Safety and Progress While Building Capacity During Faith-Based Treatment for Complex PTSD – Barbara Lowe, Greenlee Psychological and Support Services

Skill-Building Session 2: Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Rites of Passage – An Ethnocentric and Spiritually-based Strategy for Substance Use Prevention – Theresa Montgomery Okwumabua, Onyejebose Okwumabua, Kapriya Crosby, Jasmine Plummer, Alicia Haliburton, Pamela Pugh, and Brandon Gibson, University of Memphis

Skill-Building Session 3: Empowerment for Psychologists of Religion and Spirituality in the Face of Burnout – Kate Newburgh, University of Denver

Skill-Building Session 4: An Introduction to Mixture Regression for Religion and Spirituality Research: Advances in Moderation Analysis – W. Justin Dyer, Brigham Young University

Discussion Hours

Discussion Hour 1: A New Model of Spirituality for Psychology – Fred Boley, Will McFail, Wesley Wright, and Gian Milles, Bridges Consortium

Discussion Hour 2: “Memento Mori” – Thriving in the Present Moment with Cancer – Frank Oden, University of Colorado at Denver

Discussion Hour 3: A Conversation with Bernard Spilka – Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend, Daniel N. McIntosh and Bernard Spilka, University of Denver

Awards Talks

Gina Brelsford – Sexton Mentoring Award (Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg) – Mentoring Junior Faculty and Students in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality and Beyond

Arielle Rubenstein – Student Research Award (City University of New York) – Attachment, Identity, and Transitional Space in Religious Conversion

Symposia

Symposium 1: International Research in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Rewards and Challenges

Kevin A. Harris, Our Lady of the Lake University

1.1.) Challenges in International Research: Illustrations from a Religious, Spiritual, Music, and Food Preferences Survey – Kevin A. Harris, Our Lady of the Lake University, Chun-Han Chen, Independent Practice in China, Fernando Cadiz Carandang, Jr., Our Lady of Fatima University, Stephanie Silva, Daquane Triplett, and Ann Stalcup, Our Lady of the Lake University

1.2.) Religious Beliefs and Coronavirus in China in 2020 – Chun-Han Chen, Independent Practice in China

1.3.) International Complementarity: Qualitative Research on Clergy and Mental Health Clinician Collaboration in Sweden – Glen Milstein, City College of New York, and Lisa Rudolfsson, Gothenburg Research Institute

1.4.) International Research Methods in the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: A Pastor’s Perspective – Pastor Stig Lindberg, Universal Life Church Monastery

Symposium 2: A Dozen Years of Clergy Outreach & Professional Engagement (COPE) by the Mental Health Center of Denver: Pragmatic Translation from Theory to Practice

Glen Milstein, City College of New York

2.1.) Clergy Outreach & Professional Engagement (COPE): Bridges and Borders of Collaborative Mental Health Care – Glen Milstein, City College of New York

2.2.) The Bridges and Borders of Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Work – Rose McPhee, Mental Health Center of Denver

2.3.) Spirituality and Lived Experiences of Mental Illness – Thea Washington, Mental Health Center of Denver

2.4.) Building Bridges across Borders: Does Seeking Therapy Put My Religiosity in Peril? – Rabbi Tzvi Steinberg, Congregation Zera Abraham

2.5.) Bridges and Borders Need Relationships and Paperwork: A Day, a Week, a Month, and a Year Facilitating Faith & Spiritual Inclusiveness at the Mental Health Center of Denver – Jamie Adasi, Mental Health Center of Denver

Symposium 3: Religious Openness to Secularism (ROSE): Explaining (Away) the Conflict Between Religion and Science among American Protestant Christians

Job Chen, Clemson University

3.1.) Cross-Cultural Correlational Studies on the Conflict between Religion and Intellectual Openness – Job Chen, Clemson University

3.2.) Does Religious Commitment Cause Defensiveness Against Secularism and Therefore a Rejection of Analytical Thinking? – Randle Villanueva, Clemson University

3.3.) Does Analytic Thinking Reduce Religious Commitment Through Lowered Defensiveness against Secularism? – Courtney Gouge and Randle Villanueva, Clemson University

3.4.) Does Secular Threat against Religion Lead to Doubling Down on Religious Commitment? – Anna Peterson and Randle Villanueva, Clemson University

Symposium 4: Spiritual Experiences in Mundane Bonding Relationships and Shamanic Journeys: Semi-Structured Interview Studies

Job Chen, Clemson University

4.1.) Mystical Experiences in Shamanic Journeys: A Qualitative Study of Shamanic Experience – Kshitija Kelkar and Job Chen, Clemson University

4.2.) Common Core Experiential Themes of Shamanic Journeys – Sarah Roberts and Kshitija Kelkar, Clemson University

4.3.) Spiritual Experiences in Relationships: A Qualitative Study of the ‘Deep Bond’ – Janki Patel and Job Chen, Clemson University

4.4.) Common Core Experiential Themes of Relational Spirituality – Dominique Black and Janki Patel, Clemson University

Symposium 5: Religiousness/Spirituality, Sexual Orientation, and Health: Literature Reviews and a Meta-Analysis

G. Tyler Lefevor, Rhodes College

5.1.) Religion, Spirituality, and Health: A Review of the Literature and Existing Meta-Analyses – Edward B. Davis and Austin Lemke, Wheaton College

5.2.) Sexual Minority Identity and Health – Jeffrey A. Paulez, Colorado State University

5.3.) The Effects of Religiousness on Health among Sexual Minorities: A Meta-Analysis – G. Tyler Lefevor, Rhodes College

Symposium 6: Religion and Spirituality among LGBTQ Individuals Raised in Conservative Religions

G. Tyler Lefevor, Rhodes College

6.1) The Role of Individual, Congregational, and Clergy Variables in the Formation and Maintenance of Homonegativity – G. Tyler Lefevor, Rhodes College

6.2.) Gay and Bisexual Muslim Men’s Mental Health: Identifying the Intersectional Factors Linked to Self-Esteem and Depression – Chana Etengoff, Adelphi University, and Eric M. Rodriguez, City University of New York

6.3.) LGBQ Adolescent Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health – Michael Goodman and Justin Dyer, Brigham Young University

Paper Sessions

Paper Session 1: Spirituality and Health

1.1.) Examining the Impact of Cancer on Survivors’ Religious Faith: A Report from the American Cancer Society Study of Cancer Survivors — Andrea L. Canada, Biola University, Patricia E. Murphy, Rush University Medical Center, Kevin Stein, Emory University, Kassandra I. Alcaraz, American Cancer Society, Corinne R. Leach, American Cancer Society, and George Fitchett, Rush University Medical Center

1.2.) Adolescent Religiosity and Different Types of Substance Use: Multiple-Group Analyses by Gender and Race — Zhen Yang and Alan Reifman, Texas Tech University

1.3.) The Role of Place in the Relationship Between Spirituality and Health: Theory and Research — Victor Counted, Western Sydney University

1.4.) Towards a More Healthy Religiosity: A Conceptual Analysis & Synthesis — Joe M. Chelladurai, Daniel K. Judd, & Lane Fischer, Brigham Young University

1.5.) Religious Health Interventions in Behavioural Sciences (RHIBS): A Scientific Classification of Religious Practices in Health to Rigourise the Design and Evaluation of Interventions — Riya Patel, Jonathan Jong, and Deborah Lycett, Coventry University

1.6.) Expressing Pain Through Psalms of Disorientation: Reducing Centralized Pain from a Christian Perspective Based on Principles from ISTDP — Joel Jin, Seattle Pacific University

1.7.) Health and the Higher Self: Psycho-Spiritual Integration in Teilhard and Assagioli — Andrew Del Rossi, Independent Practice

Paper Session 2: Spirituality, Well-Being, and Mental Health

2.1.) Mental Health Help-Seeking: Does Spirituality Predict Religious Versus Secular Agency Selection? — Cory Sanders, Amanda Lords, and John Ireland, US Air Force Academy

2.2.) Can Spirituality Promote Well-Being and Desistance Among Persons Convicted of Sexually Offending? — Theresa Robertson and Gina Magyar-Russell, Loyola University Maryland

2.3.) Gratitude to God Now and Future Directions — Jay Medenwaldt, Sarah Schnitker, JoAnn Tsang, and Paige Freeburn, Baylor University, Peter Hill, Biola University

Paper Session 3: Meaning and Mindfulness

3.1.) Profiles of Spirituality and Religiosity among Diverse Young Adults: Relationships with Meaning — Caroline C. Kaufman and K. S. Berlin, University of Memphis, Theresa Okwumabua and I. B. Thurston, Texas A&M University

3.2.) The Meaning Awareness Scale (MAS): Development and Psychometric Analysis of a Measure of Meaning Salience — Kaitlyn M. Vagnini and Kevin S. Masters, University of Colorado Denver, and Stephanie A. Hooker, HealthPartners Institute

3.3.) The Effect of Mindfulness on Relationship Health — Justin Laplante, Clark University

3.4.) Effectiveness of Christian Accommodated Mindfulness in the Clinical Treatment of Shame, Depression and Anxiety: Results of an N of 1 Time Series Study — Tracy Jones, Crosspoint Clinical Services and Liberty University, Fernando Garzon, Regent University, Kristy Ford, Liberty University

3.5.) Does Trait Mindfulness Predict Meaning Salience in the Laboratory? An Examination of the Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory — Mackenzie M. Peckham, Kevin S. Masters, and Jennifer Morozink Boylan, University of Colorado Denver

3.6.) Positive Affect as a Mediator of the Association Between Trait Mindfulness and Meaning Salience — Jonathan A. Shaffer, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, Kaitlyn Vagnini, and Kevin S. Masters, University of Colorado Denver

Paper Session 4: Spirituality in Diverse Groups

4.1.) Nature, Spirituality, and LGBTQ+ Traumatic Healing — Ris Rodina and Bethany M. Coston, Virginia Commonwealth University

4.2.) Queer(ing) Spirituality: Voices of Queer Spiritual Practices — Bridget Woods, City University of New York

4.3.) Crisis in Conversion and Religious Radicalism: A Study of US Muslim Converts — Daniel Snook, Ari D. Fodeman, Scott M. Kleinmann, and John G. Horgan, Georgia State University

4.4.) Understanding the Black Religious Experience by Exploring the Distinction between Religiosity and Spirituality — Eric Pickering Boorman, Boston University

4.5.) The Impact of Private Religious Practices on Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors of LDS Adolescents — Mark D. Ogletree and Bradley McCormick, Brigham Young University

4.6.) The Radical Christianity of Kanye West: Exploring Perceptions of Religion’s Role in Mental Illness — Derek Blackwell, Prairie View A&M University

Paper Session 5: Psychotherapy and Measurement

5.1.) What Makes Religion a Protective Factor for Suicidality? — Hanneke Schaap-Jonker, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Bart van den Brink and Matthias Jongkind, Centre for Research and Innovation in Christian Mental Health Care

5.2.) Spiritually Integrated Couple Therapy: In Session Reporting of Spiritual Activity — Jennifer S. Ripley, Regent University, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Virginia Commonwealth University, E. Loewer and V. Kent, Regent University, and J. Chen, Clemson University

5.3.) Barriers to Religious, Spiritual and Secular Training and Psychotherapy Consequences — Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Penn State Harrisburg

5.4.) Spirituality and Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth among Orthopaedic Nurses: Resilience as Mediator and Moderator — John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji, Lawrence Chijioke Aluma, Peace Nnenna Ibeagha, and John E. Eze, University of Nigeria, and Endurance Avah Zacchaeus, Nasarawa State University

5.5.) The Soul: A Review and Content Analysis of Empirical Psychological Research — Kevin A. Harris, Stephanie Silva, and Elise Segui, Our Lady of the Lake University

5.6.) Examination of the Factor Structures of Two Widely Used Spirituality Measures among University Students — Caroline C. Kaufman, K. S. Berlin, and A. C. Toumayan, University of Memphis, and W. Howie and I. B. Thurston, Texas A&M University

5.7.) Measuring the Impact of Religious Discrimination Across Religious Groups — David Christy, Loyola University Maryland

Paper Session 6: Various Issues in Spirituality and Faith

6.1.) Ready to Meet God? Faithfulness and Sadness at the Death of a Loved One — Douglas S. Krull, Northern Kentucky University

6.2.) Faith and “My Cold, Dead Hands:” A Study of Religiosity and Guns — Douglas S. Krull, Northern Kentucky University

6.3.) Religious Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Approach — Sam Hardy, Jenae M. Nelson, and Summer B. Glover, Brigham Young University, and Amber R. C. Nadal, Stanford University

6.4.) The Relationship between Religiosity, Cognitive Empathy, Religious Commitment, and Psychopathy — Alyssa Kaucher and Laird Edman, Northwestern College

6.5.) “My Mind’s Going Batty — It Won’t Stop, Lord”: An Autoethnographical Analysis of Spirituality and Health in a Personal Journal — Glendon Wiebe, Okanagan College

6.6.) Executive Function, Prayer, and Decision Making — Holly Adams Phillips, Kennesaw State University, and Jorge Salamanca and David Washburn, Georgia State University

6.7.) Executive Function, Fundamentalism, and Dichotomous Thinking — Holly Adams Phillips, Kennesaw State University, and Jorge Salamanca and David Washburn, Georgia State University

Poster Session

1.) The Varieties of Religious Fundamentalism: Examining the Relationship between Different Measures – Russell E Phillips III, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

2.) Rats, Dopamine, and Dukkha: Neuroscientific Insights into the Origin of Suffering – Erik Oleson, University of Colorado Denver

3.) The Relationships Between Psychological Sense of Community, Religious/Spiritual Practices, Quality of Life, and Emotional Well-Being – Christopher Dabbs, Carrie Winterowd, Barrett Williams, Audrey Scaer, Chisom Anunobi, Alicia Abbott, and Blake Savage, Oklahoma State University

4.) How Does Spiritual Well-Being Change Over Time in Patients with Heart Failure, and What Determines Change? – Lubin Deng, Eastern Colorado Health Care System, and Katherine Doyon, Paula Langner, and David B. Bekelman, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, and Department of Veterans Affairs

5.) Interdisciplinarity as Rooted in the Tree of Life – Mary P Ozanic, University of Colorado-Denver

6.) Spirituality and Sex – Gabrielle Price and Kate Jansen, Midwestern University – Glendale

7.) The Effect of Spirituality and Religiosity on Self-Medicating for Chronic Migraine – Sarah Martin and Danna Cooperberg, University of Colorado Denver, Amrita Bhowmick, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Amy Wachholtz, University of Colorado Denver

8.) The Divine Supervisor, Values, and Attention: Priming God & Self-Affirmation Effects on Visual Search Performance – Sean Danieli, Elizabethtown College

9.) Religiosity Mediates Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Somali Refugees – Stephanie Quan, Jamie Layton, Mattie O'Boyle, LeAnne Zaire, and Jacob Bently, Seattle Pacific University

10.) Predicting the Quality of Social Relationships: Migraine Frequency and the Use of Spiritual/Religious Resources – Dallas Robinson, Dustin Goerlitz, and Ben Kedl, University of Colorado Denver, Amrita Bhowmick, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Amy Wachholtz, University of Colorado Denver

11.) A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Spirituality and Depression among LGB Individuals – Veronica Kim, Simon Choi, Clayton McClintock, Elsa Lau, and Lisa J. Miller, Columbia University

12.) A Qualitative Exploration of Repentance Processes in Religious Latter-day Saint Emerging Adults – Justin J. Hendricks, Jenae M. Nelson, and Sam A. Hardy, Brigham Young University

13.) Exploring the Motivations, Outcomes, and Relational Implications of Repentance in Religious Families – Justin J. Hendricks, Joe M. Chelladurai, Loren D. Marks, and David C. Dollahite, Brigham Young University

14.) Family Life Virtues: Exploration of Relational-Religious Processes for Relational Flourishing – Joe M. Chelladurai, David C. Dollahite, and Loren D. Marks, Brigham Young University

15.) The Contemporary Structure of Psychology of Religion – Reilly Stanton and Kevin Lanning, Florida Atlantic University

16.) Does Intrinsic Religiosity Predict State Anxiety and Anger During a Laboratory Stress Study? – Allie J. Alayan, Colorado State University, and Kevin S. Masters and Megan E. McGugan, University of Colorado Denver

17.) A Psychometric Analysis of the Checklist Version of the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale – Kaitlyn M. Vagnini and Kevin S. Masters, University of Colorado – Denver

18.) Patterns of Physiological Adaptation to Repeated Social Stress and Their Association with Religiousness and Spirituality – Kevin Jordan, Ari Feinstein, Cara Luchtefeld, and Joseph Twitdy, Indiana State University

19.) An Examination of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and its Relationship to Mindfulness and Spirituality – Jeremiah Boatright, Sul Ross State University

20.) German Immigrants Integration: The Role of Religion and Civic Engagement – Andrew S. Franklin, Norfolk State University

21.) The Relationship Between Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Optimism – Chanze Nembhard, Long Island University – Brooklyn

22.) The Implementation of a Mindfulness-Oriented Retreat Intervention for Rural Women Veterans – Nichole A. Murray-Swank, Barbara M. Dausch, and Aaron B. Murray-Swank, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

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