There is need for a brief measure of religiosity that can be included in epidemiological surveys to examine relationships between religion and health outcomes. The Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) is a five-item measure of religious involvement, and was developed for use in large cross-sectional and longitudinal observational studies. The instrument assesses the three major…
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Religions is a peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI, covering Religion and Society Interactions, Chinese history and philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology. Over its lifetime it has published 10,459 papers, which have received 49,713 citations.
| Publisher | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Numbered (MDPI) Numbered — [1], [2] in the text 1. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Religions 2023, 12, 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Religion and Society Interactions Chinese history and philosophy Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Religion, Society, and Development Biblical Studies and Interpretation |
| ISSN | 2077-1444 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.86 |
| h-index | 62 |
| i10-index | 1,235 |
| Article processing charge | $1,299 |
| Open access | Yes — indexed in DOAJ |
| Top institutions publishing here | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin |
| Journal website | www.mdpi.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Religions
The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transition. This paper reports on the…
The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) is a measure of the centrality, importance or salience of religious meanings in personality that has been applied yet in more than 100 studies in sociology of religion, psychology of religion and religious studies in 25 countries with in total more than 100,000 participants. It measures the general intensities…
At our core, or coeur, we humans are spiritual beings. Spirituality can be viewed in a variety of ways from a traditional understanding of spirituality as an expression of religiosity, in search of the sacred, through to a humanistic view of spirituality devoid of religion. Health is also multi-faceted, with increasing evidence reporting the relationship…
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp-12) is a 12-item questionnaire that measures spiritual well-being in people with cancer and other chronic illnesses. Cancer patients, psychotherapists, and religious/spiritual experts provided input on the development of the items. It was validated with a large, ethnically diverse sample. It has been successfully used to assess…