Turning to Prayer: Social and Situational Antecedents of Religious Coping among African Americans

Stress: Appraisal and Coping

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Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.

1985 • 14,812 citations

Reason and emotion in psychotherapy

1962 • 4,801 citations

The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion.

1982 • 2,574 citations

Structures and Processes of Social Support

1988 • 1,771 citations

Stress-Related Transactions between Person and Environment

1978 • 1,764 citations

The Black Church in the African American Experience

1990 • 1,336 citations

Religion and the Problem-Solving Process: Three Styles of Coping

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Attributions of blame and coping in the "real world": Severe accident victims react to their lot.

1977 • 807 citations

Religious Involvement, Social Ties, and Social Support in a Southeastern Community

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Risk and Religion: An Explanation of Gender Differences in Religiosity

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God help me: (I): Religious coping efforts as predictors of the outcomes to significant negative life events

1990 • 704 citations

Explaining the Social Patterns of Depression: Control and Problem Solving--or Support and Talking?

1989 • 640 citations

Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population

1988 • 586 citations

SOCIAL TIES AND MORTALITY IN EVANS COUNTY, GEORGIA

1986 • 517 citations

Divine Relations, Social Relations, and Well-Being

1989 • 513 citations

Situational Determinants of Coping and Coping Effectiveness

1990 • 490 citations

American Piety: The Nature of Religious Commitment

1969 • 456 citations

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

1994 • 455 citations

Religious Involvement and the Health of the Elderly: Some Hypotheses and an Initial Test

1987 • 442 citations

Race and Gender Differences in Religiosity Among Older Adults: Findings From Four National Surveys

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The Inner American: A Self-Portrait from 1957 to 1976

1982 • 425 citations

Church Members as a Source of Informal Social Support

1988 • 373 citations

The Dimensions of Religiosity: A Conceptual Model with an Empirical Test

1986 • 352 citations

Stress and Religious Involvement Among Older Blacks

1989 • 329 citations

Religion and psychological distress in a community sample

1991 • 326 citations

Is frequent religious attendance really conducive to better health?: Toward an epidemiology of religion

1987 • 319 citations

Mastery of stress: psychosocial aspects

1981 • 257 citations

Religion and differences in morbidity and mortality

1987 • 257 citations

Religion and Mental Health

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Antecedents and Dimensions of Religious Involvement Among Older Black Adults

1992 • 216 citations

God and the Just World: Causal and Coping Attributions to God in Health Situations

1986 • 212 citations

Varieties of Prayer: A Survey Report

1993 • 209 citations

Aging and God: Spiritual Pathways to Mental Health in Midlife and Later Years

1994 • 207 citations

Religiosity and Self-Esteem among Older Adults

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Institutionalizing Social Support Through the Church and into the Community

1985 • 200 citations

The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs.

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“Render Unto Caesar What Is Caesar's”: Religiosity and Taxpayers' Inclinations to Cheat

1991 • 193 citations

Religion in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Frontiers

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Stress, Coping, and Black Mental Health:

1983 • 185 citations

The Maturational and Role Perspectives on Aging and Self Through the Adult Years: An Empirical Evaluation

1989 • 165 citations

The Clergy as a Resource for Those Encountering Psychological Distress

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Religion, Race and Psychological Well-Being

1984 • 151 citations

Receipt of Support from Family among Black Americans: Demographic and Familial Differences

1986 • 150 citations

Region, Religious Commitment, and Life Satisfaction Among Black Americans

1990 • 148 citations

Comparing the Community Involvement of Black and White Congregations

1992 • 145 citations

Black church in the sixties

1975 • 130 citations

Patterns of Social Affiliation as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Blacks

1992 • 128 citations

Cognitive appraisals in cancer patients

1988 • 126 citations

Determinants of Satisfaction for Blacks and Whites

1992 • 108 citations

Coping with the Stress of Medical Problems among Black and White Elderly

1986 • 100 citations

Family Ties, Friendships, and Subjective Well-Being among Black Americans

1990 • 82 citations

From sex differences to gender role beliefs: Exploring effects on six dimensions of religiosity

1991 • 76 citations

A community study of formal pastoral counseling activities of the clergy

1986 • 71 citations

Aging and Religious Participation

1984 • 68 citations

Religion, health, and aging: a review and theoretical integration

1988 • 58 citations

Religiosity, Social Class, and Alcohol Use: An Application of Reference Group Theory

1990 • 58 citations

Perceptions of death, belief systems and the process of coping with chronic pain

1983 • 57 citations

Attribution, Roles and Religion: A Theoretical Analysis of Sunden's Role Theory of Religion and the Attributional Approach to Religious Experience

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The Impact of Religious Orientation in Conjugal Bereavement among Older Adults

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Aging and the Religious Dimension

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Race Differences in Elderly Personal Well-Being

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Black Belief: Folk Beliefs of Blacks in America and West Africa

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Eleven interpretations of personal suffering

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Age and Sex Differences in Patients' Reactions to Illness

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The Black Church and Family Support Programs

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Church-Based Programs for Black Care-Givers of Non-Institutionalized Elders

1984 • 20 citations

How Do Elderly Blacks Cope in New Orleans?

1971 • 11 citations

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