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Sanctification Research

Mahoney, A. M., Pargament, K. I., Jewell, T., Swank, A. B., Scott, E., Emery, E., & Rye, M. (1999). Marriage and the spiritual realm: The role of proximal and distal religious constructs in marital functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, 13, 321-338. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.13.3.321

Tarakewshar, N., Swank, A., Pargament, K., & Mahoney, A. (2001)  The sanctification of nature and theological conservatism:  A study of opposing religious correlates of environmentalism.  Review of Religious Research, 42, 387-404. https://doi.org/10.2307/3512131

Mahoney, A., Pargament, K. I., Cole, B., Jewell, T., Magyar, G. M., Tarakeshwar, N., Murray-Swank, N. A., & Phillips, R. (2005). A higher purpose: The sanctification of strivings in a community sample.  The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 15, 239-262. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327582ijpr1503_4

Mahoney, A., Carels, R., Pargament, K. I., Wachholtz, A., Edwards Leeper, L., Kaplar, M., & Frutchey, R. (2005). The sanctification of the body and behavioral health patterns of college students.  The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 15, 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327582ijpr1503_3

Doehring, C., Clarke, A., Pargament, K. I., Hayes, A., Hammer, D., Nikolas, M., & Hughes, P. (2009).  Perceiving sacredness in life:  Correlates and predictors. Archives for the Psychology of Religion, 31, 55-73. https://doi.org/10.1163/157361209X371492

DeMaris, A., Mahoney, A. & Pargament, K. I. (2010). Sanctification of marriage and general religiousness as buffers of the effects of marital inequity. Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1255-1278. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513x10363888

Hernandez, K. M., Mahoney, A., & Pargament, K. I. (2011). Sanctification of sexuality: Implications for newlyweds' marital and sexual quality. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 775-780. doi: 10.1037/a0025103. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025103 

Bockrath, M. F., Pargament, K. I., Harriott, V. A., Pomerleau, J., Homolka, S., Chandhury, Z., & Exline, J. J. (2022). Religious/spiritual struggles and their links to psychological adjustment:  A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Psychology of Religion & Spirituality 14(3), 283-299.

​http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000400

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