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Overview

Annette Mahoney is affiliated with Bowling Green State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences and psychology. Their research concentrates on the intersections of religion, spirituality, and psychosocial functioning, with additional focus areas including health, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's publications address diverse topics such as religion, society interactions, attachment and relationship dynamics, as well as suicide and self-harm studies. They have also explored issues related to LGBTQ health, identity, and policy.

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Mahoney are James S. McGraw, Renée McDonald, Ernest N. Jouriles, Meagan Docherty, and Jessica Chinn. These collaborations encompass various topics within Mahoney's research scope.

  • James S. McGraw
  • Renée McDonald
  • Ernest N. Jouriles
  • Meagan Docherty
  • Jessica Chinn

Mahoney's work is published in multiple venues, including journals that focus on child abuse, religion, and psychosocial issues, reflecting a broad engagement with psychological and social dimensions of human development and health.

  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • Journal of GLBT Family Studies
  • Journal of Counseling Psychology

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Mahoney include:

  • "Sanctification of diverse aspects of life and psychosocial functioning: A meta-analysis of studies from 1999 to 2019," 2021, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • "Historical, Doctrinal, and Empirical Insights into Latter-day Saint Sexual Minorities' Psychological and Interpersonal Functioning," 2020, Journal of GLBT Family Studies
  • "Family, faith, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among LGBTQ youth in Utah," 2021, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
  • "Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicidal/Self-Harming Thoughts, and Suicide Attempts Among LGB and Heterosexual Utahns," 2021, Journal of Homosexuality
  • "Caregiver and divine support: Associations with resilience among adolescents following disclosure of sexual abuse," 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect

Mahoney has also published a book titled The Science of Children's Religious and Spiritual Development through Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Religion in the home in the 1980s and 1990s: A meta-analytic review and conceptual analysis of links between religion, marriage, and parenting.

    Annette Mahoney;Kenneth I. Pargament;Nalini Tarakeshwar;Aaron B. Swank

  • Marriage and the spiritual realm: The role of proximal and distal religious constructs in marital functioning.

    Annette Mahoney;Kenneth I. Pargament;Tracey Jewell;Aaron B. Swank

  • Religion in families, 1999 2009: A relational spirituality framework.

    Annette Mahoney

  • Sacred Matters: Sanctification as a Vital Topic for the Psychology of Religion

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • Religion and the sanctification of family relationships

    Annette Mahoney;Kenneth I. Pargament;Aaron Murray-Swank;Nichole Murray-Swank

  • A Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness: Development and Evidence for Reliability and Validity

    Hisham Abu Raiya;Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney;Catherine Stein

  • Envisioning an integrative paradigm for the psychology of religion and spirituality.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney;Julie J. Exline;James W. Jones

  • Sacrilege: A Study of Sacred Loss and Desecration and Their Implications for Health and Well‐Being in a Community Sample

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Gina M. Magyar;Ethan Benore;Annette Mahoney

  • Physical Violence and Other Forms of Marital Aggression: Links With Children's Behavior Problems

    Ernest N. Jouriles;William D. Norwood;Renee McDonald;John P. Vincent

  • APA handbook of psychology, religion, and spirituality (Vol 2): An applied psychology of religion and spirituality.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney;Edward P. Shafranske

  • Religion and Conflict in Marital and Parent-Child Relationships

    Annette Mahoney

  • Initial development of a measure of religious coping among Hindus

    Nalini Tarakeshwar;Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • A randomized controlled evaluation of a spiritually integrated treatment for subclinical anxiety in the Jewish community, delivered via the Internet

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Kenneth I. Pargament;Steven Pirutinsky;Annette Mahoney

  • Spirituality: Discovering and conserving the sacred.

    Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • At the Crossroads of Sexuality and Spirituality: The Sanctification of Sex by College Students.

    Nichole A. Murray-Swank;Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • The Sanctification of Nature and Theological Conservatism: A Study of Opposing Religious Correlates of Environmentalism

    Nalini Tarakeshwar;Aaron B. Swank;Kenneth I. Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • Adolescents' Physical Aggression Toward Parents in a Clinic-Referred Sample

    Paul Boxer;Rebecca Lakin Gullan;Annette Mahoney

  • The role of religiousness in anxiety, depression, and happiness in a Jewish community sample: A preliminary investigation

    David Hillel Rosmarin;Kenneth Pargament;Annette Mahoney

  • Empowering Youth to Change Their World: Identifying Key Components of a Community Service Program to Promote Positive Development.

    Rebecca Lakin;Annette Mahoney

  • The Sanctification of the Body and Behavioral Health Patterns of College Students

    Annette Mahoney;Robert A. Carels;Kenneth I. Pargament;Amy B. Wachholtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Alfred DeMaris
Alfred DeMaris Bowling Green State University
Paul Boxer
Paul Boxer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ernest N. Jouriles
Ernest N. Jouriles Southern Methodist University
David H. Rosmarin
David H. Rosmarin Harvard University
Renee McDonald
Renee McDonald Southern Methodist University
Julie J. Exline
Julie J. Exline Case Western Reserve University
Terri L. Lewis
Terri L. Lewis McMaster University
Annmarie Cano
Annmarie Cano Wayne State University
Robert A. Carels
Robert A. Carels East Carolina University

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