| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Authoritarianism, Religious Fundamentalism, Quest, and Prejudice | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1992 | 917 |
| 2 | The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality? Yes and No | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1999 | 500 |
| 3 | Is Spirituality an Intelligence? Motivation, Cognition, and the Psychology of Ultimate Concern | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2000 | 425 |
| 4 | The Religious and Spiritual Struggles Scale: Development and initial validation. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2014 | 393 |
| 5 | THEORY: "Sacred Matters: Sanctification as a Vital Topic for the Psychology of Religion" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 321 |
| 6 | RESEARCH: A Revised Religious Fundamentalism Scale: The Short and Sweet of It | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 317 |
| 7 | Religiosity and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men: A Meta-Analysis | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2009 | 309 |
| 8 | Mean Gods Make Good People: Different Views of God Predict Cheating Behavior | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2011 | 263 |
| 9 | An Attachment-Theory Approach Psychology of Religion | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1992 | 246 |
| 10 | Honesty: One Effect of Primed Religious Representations | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2007 | 245 |
| 11 | Awe activates religious and spiritual feelings and behavioral intentions. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2012 | 237 |
| 12 | Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality: Implications for physical and mental health research. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2008 | 228 |
| 13 | Spirituality and religion in the workplace: History, theory, and research. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2014 | 221 |
| 14 | The current status of measures of spirituality: A critical review of scale development. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 204 |
| 15 | RESEARCH: Why Do Religious Fundamentalists Tend to be Prejudiced? | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2003 | 203 |
| 16 | Religion-as-Schema, With Implications for the Relation Between Religion and Coping | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1995 | 200 |
| 17 | A Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness: Development and Evidence for Reliability and Validity | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2008 | 193 |
| 18 | Religiosity and prejudice revisited: In-group favoritism, out-group derogation, or both? | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2012 | 192 |
| 19 | Religious Fundamentalism, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, and Hostility Toward Homosexuals in Non-Christian Religious Groups | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1996 | 169 |
| 20 | Associations among religiousness, social attitudes, and prejudice in a national random sample of American adults. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2009 | 153 |
| 21 | The emerging role of Buddhism in clinical psychology: Toward effective integration. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2014 | 152 |
| 22 | Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2021 | 142 |
| 23 | “Speak, Lord, Your Servant Is Listening”: Religious Priming Activates Submissive Thoughts and Behaviors | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2009 | 140 |
| 24 | Examining the relation of religion and spirituality to subjective well-being across national cultures. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 140 |
| 25 | Attachment to God, Images of God, and Psychological Distress in a Nationwide Sample of Presbyterians | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2010 | 137 |
| 26 | Research on religion/spirituality and forgiveness: A meta-analytic review. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 137 |
| 27 | Religious coping among diverse religions: Commonalities and divergences. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2015 | 137 |
| 28 | Religious Social Identity as an Explanatory Factor for Associations Between More Frequent Formal Religious Participation and Psychological Well-Being | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2007 | 135 |
| 29 | Differences in Attitudes Toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2012 | 135 |
| 30 | Ordinary Spiritual Experience: Qualitative Research, Interpretive Guidelines, and Population Distribution for the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale | Archive for the Psychology of Religion | 2006 | 130 |
| 31 | RESEARCH: "The Sanctification of the Body and Behavioral Health Patterns of College Students" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 128 |
| 32 | Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 128 |
| 33 | RESEARCH: "Religious Conversion and Perceived Childhood Attachment: A Meta-Analysis" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 127 |
| 34 | Spirituality and Intelligence: Problems and Prospects | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2000 | 126 |
| 35 | RESEARCH: The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Coping on Positive Attitudes of Adult Muslim Refugees From Kosovo and Bosnia | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2003 | 126 |
| 36 | RESEARCH: "Church-Based Social Ties, A Sense of Belonging in a Congregation, and Physical Health Status" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 125 |
| 37 | Development, refinement, and psychometric properties of the Attitudes Toward God Scale (ATGS-9). | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 125 |
| 38 | Friends in high places: The influence of authoritarian and benevolent god-concepts on social attitudes and behaviors. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 125 |
| 39 | Differing pathways between religiousness, spirituality, and health: A self-regulation perspective. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2014 | 123 |
| 40 | Psychology, meaning making, and the study of worldviews: Beyond religion and non-religion. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2018 | 122 |
| 41 | “I believe it is wrong but I still do it”: A comparison of religious young men who do versus do not use pornography. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 120 |
| 42 | Hope: Its nature and measurement. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 118 |
| 43 | Faith Development Theory Revisited: The Religious Styles Perspective | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2001 | 116 |
| 44 | The Islamophobia Scale: Instrument Development and Initial Validation | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2009 | 116 |
| 45 | RESEARCH: "A Higher Purpose: The Sanctification of Strivings in a Community Sample" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 113 |
| 46 | Religiousness, spirituality, and psychosocial functioning in late adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal study. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2008 | 112 |
| 47 | Prayer and Subjective Well-Being: An Examination of Six Different Types of Prayer | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2010 | 111 |
| 48 | Religious Involvement, Gratitude, and Change in Depressive Symptoms Over Time | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2009 | 109 |
| 49 | Choice, free will, and religion. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 109 |
| 50 | How does religiosity enhance well-being? The role of perceived control. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 109 |
| 51 | The empirical and conceptual value of the spiritual transcendence and religious involvement scales for personality research. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2009 | 108 |
| 52 | Can prayer increase gratitude? | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2009 | 105 |
| 53 | COMMENTARY: "On the Psychosocial Impact and Mechanisms of Spiritual Modeling" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2003 | 101 |
| 54 | Meditative prayer, hope, adult attachment, and forgiveness: A proposed model. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 100 |
| 55 | God images and god concepts: Definitions, development, and dynamics. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 99 |
| 56 | RESEARCH: Christian Orthodoxy, Religious Fundamentalism, and Right-Wing Authoritarianism as Predictors of Implicit Racial Prejudice | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 94 |
| 57 | Spiritual Intelligence or Spiritual Consciousness? | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2000 | 93 |
| 58 | Forgiveness as a mediator of the religiosity—health relationship. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 93 |
| 59 | Of Means and Ends: Religion and the Search for Significance | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1992 | 90 |
| 60 | RESEARCH: "Construction of the Pakistani Religious Coping Practices Scale: Correlations With Religious Coping, Religious Orientation, and Reactions to Stress Among Muslim University Students" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2006 | 90 |
| 61 | Religious Orientation and Prejudice: The Role of Religious Proscription, Right-Wing | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1999 | 89 |
| 62 | Religious Experiences in Childhood and Adolescence: A Viewpoint of Religious Development Between the Ages of 7 and 20 | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1994 | 88 |
| 63 | Religion and Prejudice in Ghana and Canada: Religious Fundamentalism, Right-Wing | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1999 | 88 |
| 64 | RESEARCH: "At the Crossroads of Sexuality and Spirituality: The Sanctification of Sex by College Students" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 88 |
| 65 | The Religious Schema Scale: Construction and Initial Validation of a Quantitative Measure for Religious Styles | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2010 | 88 |
| 66 | The unique contributions of positive and negative religious coping to posttraumatic growth and PTSD. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 88 |
| 67 | A Case Against Spiritual Intelligence | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2000 | 87 |
| 68 | Religion and Spirituality: What a European Ear Hears | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1999 | 86 |
| 69 | Meaning-Making in an Atheist World | Archive for the Psychology of Religion | 2011 | 85 |
| 70 | Religious Fundamentalism and Religious Doubts: Content, Connections, and Complexity of Thinking | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1996 | 84 |
| 71 | RESEARCH: Religiosity, Authoritarianism, and Homophobia: A Multidimensional Approach | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 84 |
| 72 | RESEARCH: "Measuring Private Prayer: Development, Validation, and Clinical Application of the Multidimensional Prayer Inventory" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 83 |
| 73 | Religion, meaning and purpose, and mental health. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2015 | 82 |
| 74 | Evaluation of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in a Sample of College Students | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2001 | 78 |
| 75 | Parent and peer relationships and relational spirituality in adolescents and young adults. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 76 |
| 76 | Religiosity and adolescent empathy and aggression: The mediating role of moral identity. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2012 | 76 |
| 77 | Religiosity, Adult Attachment, and Why "Singles" are More Religious | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2000 | 75 |
| 78 | The mind of the Lord: Measuring authoritarian and benevolent God representations. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2015 | 74 |
| 79 | Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2018 | 74 |
| 80 | INVITED ESSAY: "Spiritual Modeling: A Key to Spiritual and Religious Growth?" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2003 | 73 |
| 81 | Specific Religious Beliefs in a Cognitive Appraisal Model of Stress and Coping | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2010 | 72 |
| 82 | Right Parietal Lobe-Related “Selflessness” as the Neuropsychological Basis of Spiritual Transcendence | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2012 | 72 |
| 83 | The Psychological Aspects of Islam: Basic Principles of Islam and Their Psychological Corollary | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 1994 | 71 |
| 84 | Examining coping methods with stressful interpersonal events experienced by Muslims living in the United States following the 9/11 attacks. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 70 |
| 85 | Supernatural Agency: Individual Difference Predictors and Situational Correlates | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2013 | 69 |
| 86 | Faith Development Theory and the Postmodern Challenges | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2001 | 67 |
| 87 | INVITED ESSAY: Death-Specific Religious Beliefs and Bereavement: Belief in an Afterlife and Continued Attachment | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 67 |
| 88 | Forgiveness, spiritual instability, mental health symptoms, and well-being: Mediator effects of differentiation of self. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2010 | 67 |
| 89 | Spirituality with and without Religion—Differential Relationships with Personality | Archive for the Psychology of Religion | 2012 | 67 |
| 90 | Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health: Exploring the Moderating Effects of Religious Identity | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2013 | 66 |
| 91 | On the varieties of sexual experience: Cross-cultural links between religiosity and human mating strategies. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2015 | 66 |
| 92 | RESEARCH: "Religious Fundamentalism and Attachment: Prediction of Homophobia" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 65 |
| 93 | Religious coping, stress, and depressive symptoms among adolescents: A prospective study. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2012 | 65 |
| 94 | Bereavement, religion, and posttraumatic growth: A matched control group investigation. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2013 | 65 |
| 95 | RESEARCH: "Consequences of a Multidimensional Approach to Religion for the Relationship Between Religiosity and Value Priorities" | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2005 | 64 |
| 96 | Enhancing marital enrichment through spirituality: Efficacy data for prayer focused relationship enhancement. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 64 |
| 97 | National trends in prayer use as a coping mechanism for health concerns: Changes from 2002 to 2007. | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | 2011 | 64 |
| 98 | Location, Location, Location: Effects of Cross-Religious Primes on Prosocial Behavior | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2016 | 64 |
| 99 | Muslim-Christian Religious Orientation Scales: Distinctions, Correlations, and Cross-Cultural Analysis in Iran and the United States | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2002 | 63 |
| 100 | RESEARCH: Stress, Religion, and Mental Health: Religious Coping in Mediating and Moderating Roles | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The | 2004 | 63 |
