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Overview

Don E. Davis is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, health, sociology and political science, and applied psychology.

Their scholarly contributions include topics related to religion, spirituality, and psychology, forgiveness and related behaviors, counseling practices and supervision, resilience and mental health, grief, bereavement, and mental health, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as migration, health, and trauma.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Don E. Davis cover a diverse range of subjects, including:

  • Virtue, flourishing, and positive psychology in psychotherapy: An overview and research prospectus. (2020, Psychotherapy)
  • Minimalism, voluntary simplicity, and well-being: A systematic review of the empirical literature. (2021, The Journal of Positive Psychology)
  • Stepping Outside the Echo Chamber: Is Intellectual Humility Associated With Less Political Myside Bias? (2021, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
  • Psychological and spiritual outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study of adults with chronic disease. (2021, Health Psychology)
  • Cultural humility in psychotherapy and clinical supervision: A research review. (2021, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research)

Frequent co-authors of Don E. Davis include:

  • Joshua N. Hook
  • Daryl R. Van Tongeren
  • Jesse Owen
  • Cirleen DeBlaere
  • Adam S. Hodge

The researcher has extensively published in several key venues, notably:

  • The Journal of Positive Psychology (13 publications)
  • Spirituality in Clinical Practice (13 publications)
  • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (6 publications)
  • Professional Psychology Research and Practice (5 publications)
  • Journal of Psychology and Theology (5 publications)

In terms of book publications, Don E. Davis has contributed to works published by the American Psychological Association, including:

  • The complete researcher: A practical guide for graduate students and early career professionals. (2023)
  • Cultural humility: Engaging diverse identities in therapy (2nd ed.). (2025)

Best Publications

  • Cultural humility: measuring openness to culturally diverse clients.

    Joshua N. Hook;Don E. Davis;Jesse Owen;Everett L. Worthington Jr.

  • Thankful for the little things: A meta-analysis of gratitude interventions

    Don E. Davis;Elise Choe;Joel Meyers;Nathaniel Wade

  • Relational humility: conceptualizing and measuring humility as a personality judgment.

    Don E. Davis;Joshua N. Hook;Everett L. Worthington;Daryl R. Van Tongeren

  • Religion and spirituality.

    Everett L. Worthington;Joshua N. Hook;Don E. Davis;Michael A. McDaniel

  • Humility: Review of measurement strategies and conceptualization as personality judgment

    Don E. Davis;Everett L. Worthington;Joshua N. Hook

  • Insecure attachment and depressive symptoms: The mediating role of rumination, empathy, and forgiveness

    Jeni L. Burnette;Don E. Davis;Jeffrey D. Green;Everett L. Worthington

  • Empirically supported religious and spiritual therapies.

    Joshua N. Hook;Everett L. Worthington;Don E. Davis;David J. Jennings

  • Cultural humility and racial microaggressions in counseling.

    Joshua N. Hook;Jennifer E. Farrell;Don E. Davis;Cirleen DeBlaere

  • Client perceptions of therapists’ multicultural orientation: Cultural (missed) opportunities and cultural humility.

    Jesse Owen;Karen W. Tao;Joanna M. Drinane;Joshua Hook

  • Humility and the Development and Repair of Social Bonds: Two Longitudinal Studies

    Don E. Davis;Everett L Worthington;Joshua N. Hook;Robert A. Emmons

  • Research on religion/spirituality and forgiveness: A meta-analytic review.

    Don E. Davis;Everett L. Worthington Jr.;Joshua N. Hook;Peter C. Hill

  • The multicultural orientation framework: A narrative review.

    Don E Davis;Cirleen DeBlaere;Jesse Owen;Joshua N Hook

  • Intellectual Humility: Scale Development and Theoretical Elaborations in the Context of Religious Leadership

    Stacey E. McElroy;Kenneth G. Rice;Don E. Davis;Joshua N. Hook

  • Integrating clients' religion and spirituality within psychotherapy: A comprehensive meta-analysis.

    Laura E. Captari;Joshua N. Hook;William Hoyt;Don E. Davis

  • Forgiving the self and physical and mental health correlates: a meta-analytic review.

    Don E. Davis;Man Yee Ho;Brandon J. Griffin;Chris Bell

  • Cultural humility: A therapeutic framework for engaging diverse clients.

    David K. Mosher;Joshua N. Hook;Laura E. Captari;Don E. Davis

  • Forgiveness Results From Integrating Information About Relationship Value and Exploitation Risk

    Jeni L. Burnette;Michael E. McCullough;Daryl R. Van Tongeren;Don E. Davis

  • Using Learning Analytics to Understand the Learning Pathways of Novice Programmers

    Matthew Berland;Taylor Martin;Tom Benton;Carmen Petrick Smith

  • Prosociality enhances meaning in life

    Daryl R. Van Tongeren;Jeffrey D. Green;Don E. Davis;Joshua N. Hook

  • Cultural Humility: Engaging Diverse Identities in Therapy

    Joshua N. Hook;Don Davis;Jesse Owen;Cirleen DeBlaere

  • Measuring Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: A Critical Review of Instruments

    Joshua N. Hook;Jan P. Hook;Don E. Davis;Everett L. Worthington

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua N. Hook
Joshua N. Hook University of North Texas
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Jesse Owen
Jesse Owen University of Denver
Kenneth G. Rice
Kenneth G. Rice Georgia State University
Shawn O. Utsey
Shawn O. Utsey Virginia Commonwealth University
Joshua B. Grubbs
Joshua B. Grubbs Bowling Green State University
Jeni L. Burnette
Jeni L. Burnette North Carolina State University
C. Edward Watkins
C. Edward Watkins University of North Texas
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco

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