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Church Congregations Can Be Blind to Mental Illness, Study Suggests
June 22, 2011 — Mental illness of a family member can destroy the family's connection with the religious community, a new study by psychologists has found, leading many affected families to leave the church and ... > full story -
Is Coming out Always a Good Thing? Disclosing Sexual Orientation Makes People Happier Than Thought, but Mainly in Supportive Settings
June 20, 2011 — Coming out as lesbian, gay or bisexual increases emotional well-being even more than earlier research has indicated. But the psychological benefits of revealing one's sexual identity -- less anger, ... > full story -
More Americans Praying About Health, Study Says; No Correlation Found Between Prayer for Health and Lack of Health Insurance
May 23, 2011 — Praying about health issues dramatically increased among American adults over the past three decades, rising 36 percent between 1999 and 2007, according to a new ... > full story -
A Good Story Can Trump a Bad Credit Score in Peer-to-Peer Lending
May 16, 2011 — These days a bad credit score will get you turned away by a bank, but if you tell a good story about that score, you can improve your chances of getting a microloan from a peer-to-peer lender, ... > full story -
Does Cupid Play Politics? That 'Something Special' Might Be Your Mate's Political Ideology
May 10, 2011 — Though "variety is the spice of life" and "opposites attract," most people marry only those whose political views align with their own, according to new research. Political scientists found that ... > full story -
More Than 20 Percent of Atheist Scientists Are 'Spiritual', Study Finds
May 5, 2011 — More than 20 percent of atheist scientists are spiritual, according to new research. Though the general public marries spirituality and religion, the study found that spirituality is a separate idea ... > full story -
Different Views of God May Influence Academic Cheating
April 20, 2011 — Belief in God doesn't deter a person from cheating on a test, unless that God is seen as a mean, punishing one, researchers ... > full story -
Increased Life Expectancy Discourages Religious Participation, Research Finds
April 10, 2011 — Churches will continue to attract older congregations as increasing life expectancy encourages people to put off involvement in religion, according to new ... > full story -
Can Plant Parables Promote Peace? Taiwanese Researchers Find Spiritual Benefits of Therapeutic Horticulture
April 4, 2011 — A study of the spiritual benefits of gardening and horticultural endeavors found a link between reading plant parables and people's beliefs that horticultural activities have spiritual benefits. ... > full story -
'Death Anxiety' Prompts People to Believe in Intelligent Design, Reject Evolution, Study Suggests
March 30, 2011 — Researchers have found that people's 'death anxiety' can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary ... > full story
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