Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1
Psychological Perspective on Religious Conversion: Process, Typology and its Health Consequences
(Peter Halama, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Chapter 2
The Importance of Meaning in Life as a Mediator of Religiousness and Hope in Late Adolescents
(Dariusz Krok, Opole University, Opole, Poland)

Chapter 3
The Contribution of Religiosity and Spirituality to Well-Being
(Stephen J. C. Luehr and Mark D. Holder, University of British Columbia, Psychology, Canada)

Chapter 4
Constructions of Religiosity, Subjective Well-Being, and Psychopathology in Arab Adolescents
(Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria, Egypt)

Chapter 5
Loneliness and Religiosity
(Ami Rokach, The Center for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel, and others)

Chapter 6
Religiosity and Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
(Karolina Krysinska, David Lester, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and others)

Chapter 7
Spiritual Tactics, Sickness, and Depressed Mood in Older Adults
(Chau-kiu Cheung, City University of Hong Kong, China)

Chapter 8
Spirituality, Religiosity and Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Women
(Jennifer A. Boisvert, W. Andrew Harrell, Independent Practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA, and others)

Chapter 9
Religion/ Spirituality and Health in Chinese Context: Where We are and Where Should We Go?
(Jerf W. K. Yeung, City University of Hong Kong, China)

Index