Psychology and Religion. Remarks from a Methodological Perspective

Presenting specialty literature background in: organic chemistry, neurology, theology and clinical psychology, in order to conceptualize and bring to the forefront the interdependency between organic chemistry, neurology, psychology and religion in describing the implications of religious thinking in therapeutic compliance is a first objective of the present paper. As such, we addressed the importance of neurotransmitters in the neurophysiology of spiritual interventions. Another specific objective was defined as measuring psychological reactions, components of the moral and religious structure of human personality, with the help of psychophysiological involved factors, in rapport with therapeutic compliance. According to the descriptive statistic of data, we found that those who do not adhere to any religious cult have greater chances of being diagnosed with a disease that necessitates daily treatment and monitoring (the percentage found was 20%), in comparison with those who are part of a religious cult (6.67 %). The estimated non-linear regression model to confirm the interdependency between the medial psychophysiological reactivity to religious stimulus and the medial score obtained in the compliance questionnaire was validated by the values of R = 0.99 and p-value=0.00≈10-10<0.05). As such, we can accept the hypothesis that “there is a statistically significant association between religious thinking and compliance”. On the other hand, the hypothesis “there is a statistically significant association between religious thinking and compliance” was validated, using the t test, only at 40%, as the results of the t test were only considered on significant components of the applied MARS questionnaire. The results given by approaching the two hypotheses through the mixture of psychophysiological and application of the MARS questionnaire consistently highlighted an image of importance of religious thinking in therapeutic compliance. The current study is useful in motivating adherents of any religion, in our study, the Christian belief, to improve their compliance. Keywords: oxcytocin, vassopressin, MARS scale, therapeutic compliance, religious experience

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Statistical analysis of wind-induced pressure fields: A methodological perspective

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics ◽

10.1016/j.jweia.2011.03.011 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 99 (6-7) ◽

pp. 700-710 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Luigi Carassale ◽

Michela Marré Brunenghi

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Pressure Fields ◽

Methodological Perspective

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Microbrook, Mesobrook, Macrobrook

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance ◽

10.1093/ppmgov/gvz015 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 245-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sebastian Jilke ◽

Asmus Leth Olsen ◽

William Resh ◽

Saba Siddiki

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Public Administration ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Levels Of Analysis ◽

Explicit Characterization ◽

Methodological Perspective ◽

Level Of Analysis ◽

Effective Problem

Abstract This article assesses the field of public administration from a conceptual and methodological perspective. We urge public administration scholars to resolve the ambiguities that mire our scholarship due to the inadequate treatment of levels of analysis in our research. Overall, we encourage methodological accountability through a more explicit characterization of one’s research by the level of analysis to which it relates. We argue that this particular form of accountability is critical for effective problem solving for advancing theory and practice.

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