Selected Publications
Peer- reviewed articles
Berger, R., Abu-Raiya, H., & Gelkopf, M. (2015). The art of living together: Reducing prejudicial attitudes through the Arab-Jewish Class Exchange
Program (CEP). Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(3), 678-688.
Abu-Raiya, H., Pargament, K. I., Weissberger, A., & Exline, J. (2015). An empirical examination of religious/spiritual struggles among Israeli-Jews. The
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/10508619.2014.1003519
Abu-Raiya, H., Pargament, K. I., Krause, N., Ironson, G. (2015). Robust links between religious/spiritual struggles, psychological distress, and well-being in
a national sample of American adults. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85(6), 565-575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000084
Abu-Raiya, H., Pargament, K. I., & Krause, N. (2015). Religion as problem, religion as solution: Religious buffers of the links between religious/spiritual struggles
and well-being/mental health. Quality of Life Research. Advanced online publication. doi 10.1007/s11136-015-1163-8
Berger, R., Abu-Raiya, H., & Benatov, J. (in press). Reducing primary and secondary traumatic stress symptoms among educators by training them to deliver a resiliency program (ERASE-Stress) following the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Abu-Raiya, H., Pargament, K. I., Exline, J., & Agbaria, Q. (2015, in press). Prevalence, predictors, and implications of religious/spiritual struggles among Muslims. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Abu-Raiya, H. (2015). Religious coping with life crises: A review of the literature. Society & Welfare (Hebrew).
Chapters in books
Abu-Raiya, H., & Pargament, K. I. (2008). Recent empirical advances in the psychology of religion and coping. In C. Johansen & N.S Hvidt (Eds.), Kan
Bjerge Flytte Troen? (Do Mountains Move Faith? pp. 235-253). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal.
Abu-Raiya, H., Pargament, K. I., & Magyar-Russell, G. (2010). When religion goes awry: Religious risk factors for poorer health and well-being. In P. J. Verhagen, H. M. Van Praag, J. J. Lopez-Ipor, J. L. Cox, & D. Moussaoui (eds.). Religion and psychiatry: Beyond boundaries (pp. 389-411). John Wiley& Sons.
Abu-Raiya, H., & Pargament, K. I. (2011). Putting research into practice: Toward a clinical psychology of religion and spirituality. In Noth, I., Morgenthaler, C., & Greider, K. J. Eds). Pastoral psychology and psychology of religion in dialogue (pp. 13-27). Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer Verlag.
Abu-Raiya, H., & Pargament, K. I. (2012). On the links between religion and health: What has empirical research taught us? In M. Cobb, C. Puchalski, & B.
Rumbold, (Eds.). Oxford Textbook in Spirituality and Health (pp. 333-340). London, Great Britain: Oxford University Press.
Abu-Raiya, H. (2013). The psychology of Islam: Current empirically based knowledge, potential challenges and directions for future research. In K. I. Pargament, J. J. Exline & J. W. Jones (Eds). APA handbook of psychology, religion, and spirituality (Vol 1): Context, theory, and research. APA handbooks in psychology (pp. 681-695). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, xxvii, 740 pp. doi: 10.1037/14045-038
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