Prayer and Health: Review, Meta-Analysis, and Research Agenda (original) (raw)

References

• Astin, J. A. (1998). Why patients use alternative medicine: Results of a national study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 279, 1548-1553.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Barnes, P., Powell-Griner, E., McFann, K., & Nahin, R. (2002). CDC advance data report #343: Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults: United States, 2002. Washington DC: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
  Google Scholar
• Bearon, L. B., & Koenig, H. G. (1990). Religious cognitions and use of prayer in health and illness. The Gerontologist, 30, 249–253.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Benson, H., Dusek, J. A., Sherwood, J. B., Lam, P., Bethea, C. F., Carpenter, W., et al. (2006). Study of the therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: A multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer. American Heart Journal, 151, 934–942.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Cha, K. Y., & Wirth, D. P. (2001). Does prayer influence the success of in vitro fertilization- embryo transfer? The Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 46, 781–787.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Chibnall, J. T., Jeral, J. M., & Cerullo, M. A. (2001). Experiments on distant intercessory prayer. Archives of Internal Medicine, 161, 2529–2536.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Cohen, S., Doyle, W. T., Turner, R., Alper, C. M., & Skoner, D. P. (2003). Sociability and susceptibility to the common cold. Psychological Science, 14, 389–395.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Edman, J. L., & Koon, T. Y. (2000). Mental illness beliefs in Malaysia: Ethnic and intergenerational comparisons. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 46, 101–109.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Eisenberg, D. M., Kessler, R. C., Foster, C., Norlock, F. E., Calkins, D. R., & Delbanco, T. L. (1993). Unconventional medicine in the United States – prevalence, costs, and patterns of use. New England Journal of Medicine, 328, 246–252.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Ellison, C. G., Boardman, J. D., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2001). Religious involvement, stress, and mental health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study. Social Forces, 80, 215–249.
  Article Google Scholar
• Exline, J. J., Smyth, J. M., Gregory, J., Hockmeyer, J., & Tulloch, H. (2005). Religious framing by individuals with PTSD when writing about traumatic experiences. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 15, 17–33.
  Article Google Scholar
• Helm, H. M., Hays, J. C., Flint, E. P., Koenig, H. G., & Blazer, D. G. (2000). Does private religious activity prolong survival? A six-year follow-up study of 3,851 older adults. Journal of Gerontology, 55A, M400–M405.
  Google Scholar
• Ironson, G., Stuetzle, R., & Fletcher, M. A. (2006). An increase in religiousness/spirituality occurs after HIV diagnosis and predicts slower disease progression over 4 years in people with HIV. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21, S62–S68.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., McGuire, L., Robles, T. F., & Glaser, R. (2002). Emotions, morbidity, and mortality: New perspectives from psychoneuroimmunology. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 83–107.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Koenig, H. G. (2001). Religion and medicine III: Developing a theoretical model. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 31, 199–216.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Krause, N. (2003). Praying for others, financial strain, and physical health status in late life. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42, 377–391.
  Article Google Scholar
• Krause, N. (2004). Assessing the relationships among prayer expectancies, race, and self-esteem in late life. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 43, 395–408.
  Article Google Scholar
• Lawson, K., Reesor, K. A., Keefe, F. J., & Turner, J. A. (1990). Dimensions of pain-related cognitive coping: Cross-validation of the factor structure of the Coping Strategy Questionnaire. Pain, 43, 195–204.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Maltby, J., Lewis, C. A., & Day, L. (1999). Religious orientation and psychological well-being: The role of the frequency of personal prayer. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 363–378.
  Article Google Scholar
• Masters, K. S. (2005). Research on the healing power of distant intercessory prayer: Disconnect between science and faith. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 33, 268–277.
  Google Scholar
• Masters, K. S. Prayer and health: Theoretical issues and empirical review. In T. Plante & C. Thoresen (Eds.), Spirit, science and health: How the spiritual mind fuels physical wellness . Greenwood Press: New York (In press).
• Masters, K. S., Spielmans, G. I., & Goodson, J. T. (2006). Are there demonstrable effects of distant intercessory prayer? A meta-analytic review. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 337–342.
  Article Google Scholar
• McCullough, M. E. (1995). Prayer and health: Conceptual issues, research review, and research agenda. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 23, 15–29.
  Google Scholar
• McCullough, M. E., & Larson, D. B. (1999). Prayer. In W. R. Miller (Ed.), Integrating spirituality into treatment (pp. 85–110). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
• McIntosh, D. N., & Spilka, B. (1990). Religion and physical health: the role of personal faith and control. In M. L. Lynn & D. O. Moberg (Eds.), Research in the social scientific study of religion (Vol. 2., pp. 167–194). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  Google Scholar
• Meisenhelder, J. B., & Chandler, E. N. (2001). Frequency of prayer and functional health in Presbyterian pastors. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 40, 323–329.
  Article Google Scholar
• Neighbors, H. W., Jackson, J. S., Bowman, P. J., & Gurin, G. (1983). Stress, coping, and black mental health: Preliminary findings from a national study. In R. Hess & J. Hermalin (Eds.), Innovation in prevention (pp. 5–29). New York: Haworth Press.
  Google Scholar
• Oman, D., Thoresen, C. E., & McMahon, K. (1999). Volunteerism and mortality among the community-dwelling elderly. Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 301–316.
  Article Google Scholar
• Pargament, K. I. (1997). The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice. New York: The Guilford Press.
  Google Scholar
• Poloma, M. M., & Pendleton, B. F. (1991). The effects of prayer and prayer experiences on measures of general well-being. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 19, 71–83.
  Google Scholar
• Rippentrop, A. E., Altmaier, E. M., Chen, J. J., Found, E. M., & Keffala, V. J. (2005). The relationship between religion/spirituality and physical health, mental health, and pain in a chronic pain population. Pain, 116, 311–321.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Samana, E. S. T., Goldenstein, P. T., Ribeiro, L.d.M., Lewin, F., Filha, E. S. V., Soares, H. P., et al. (2004). Praying correlates with higher quality of life: Results from a survey on complementary/alternative medicine use among a group of Brazilian cancer patients. Sao Paulo Medical Journal, 122, 60–63.
  Google Scholar
• Selim, M. A. (2001). Effect of pre-instruction on anxiety levels of patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging examination. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7, 519–525.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Sloan, R. P. (n.d.) Field analysis of the literature on religion, spirituality, and health. Retrieved July, 2005, from http://www.metanexus.net/tarp.
• Sloan, R. P., Bagiella, E., & Powell, T. (1999). Religion, spirituality, and medicine. The Lancet, 353, 664–667.
  Article Google Scholar
• Smith, T. W. (2001). Religion and spirituality in the science and practice of health psychology: Openness, skepticism, and the agnosticism of methodology. In T. G. Plante & A. C. Sherman (Eds.), Faith and health: Psychological perspectives (pp. 355–380). New York: Guilford Press.
  Google Scholar
• Spilka, B., Hood, R. W. Jr., Hunsberger, B., & Gorsuch, R. (2003). The psychology of religion: An empirical approach (3rd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.
  Google Scholar
• Tracy, M. F., Lindquist, R., Savik, K., Watanuki, S., Sendelbach, S., Kreitzer, M. J., et al. (2005). Use of complementary and alternative therapies: A national survey of critical care nurses. American Journal of Critical Care, 14, 404–414.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• United States Department of Health and Human Services. (1991). Important events in NCCAM history. Retrieved January 5, 2007, from http://www.nih.gov/about/almanac/organization/ NCCAM.htm.
• Yeh, G. Y., Eisenberg, D. M., Davis, R. B., & Phillips, R. S. (2002). Use of complementary and alternative medicine among persons with diabetes mellitus: Results of a national survey. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 1648–1652.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar

Download references