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Religiosity Curbs Teen Marijuana Use By Half, National Study Finds
October 10, 2008 — While many congregations of different faiths preach against drug abuse, it has been unclear whether a youth's religious involvement has any effect on his risk of drug abuse. Now a new national study ... > full story -
Compassion Meditation May Improve Physical And Emotional Responses To Psychological Stress
October 7, 2008 — Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression ... > full story -
Religion Makes People Helpful And Generous -- Under Certain Conditions
October 2, 2008 — Belief in God encourages people to be helpful, honest and generous, but only under certain psychological conditions, according to researchers who analyzed the past three decades of social science ... > full story -
Political Conservatives Fear Chaos; Liberals Fear Emptiness
September 24, 2008 — Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new study finds. Social scientists long have assumed that ... > full story -
Republican And Democratic Values Compared
September 23, 2008 — Hoping to answer the question of which political party has a monopoly on the "best" values and how religion affects these values, a professor compared the "extrinsic" values (financial success, ... > full story -
Step Back To Move Forward Emotionally, Study Suggests
September 23, 2008 — When you're upset or depressed, should you analyze your feelings to figure out what's wrong? Or should you just forget about it and move ... > full story -
World's Largest-Ever Study Of Near-Death Experiences
September 10, 2008 — The University of Southampton is launching the world's largest-ever study of near-death experiences this week. The University of Southampton is launching the world's largest-ever study of near-death ... > full story -
Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior
September 9, 2008 — Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed ... > full story -
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Spirituality Is Important To Eye Patients, Report Finds
September 8, 2008 — Patients visiting an ophthalmologist report that prayer is important to their well-being and that God plays a positive role in illness, according to a new ... > full story -
Participating In Religion May Make Adolescents From Certain Races More Depressed
September 3, 2008 — One of the few studies to look at the effects of religious participation on the mental health of minorities suggests that for some of them, religion may actually be contributing to adolescent ... > full story
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