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Michael E. McCullough
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 188
Citations - 35724
Michael E. McCullough is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Forgiveness & Religiosity. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 185 publications receiving 33191 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael E. McCullough include Virginia Commonwealth University & National Institutes of Health.
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Handbook of Religion and Health
TL;DR: This paper reviewed and discussed the full range of research on religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, and built theoretical models illustrating the various behavioural, psychological, and physiological pathways by which religion might affect health.
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Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life.
TL;DR: Results suggest that a conscious focus on blessings may have emotional and interpersonal benefits and exhibited heightened well-being across several, though not all, of the outcome measures across the 3 studies.
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The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the correlates of the disposition toward gratitude and found that self-ratings and observer ratings of the grateful disposition are associated with positive affect and well-being, prosocial behaviors and traits, and religiousness/spirituality.
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Interpersonal Forgiving in Close Relationships: II. Theoretical Elaboration and Measurement
Michael E. McCullough,Kenneth C. Rachal,Steven J. Sandage,Everett L. Worthington,Brown Sw,Hight Tl +5 more
TL;DR: The development of the transgression-related interpersonal motivations inventory is described--a self-report measure designed to assess the 2-component motivational system (Avoidance and Revenge) posited to underlie forgiving, which demonstrated a variety of desirable psychometric properties.
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Conceptualizing Religion and Spirituality: Points of Commonality, Points of Departure
Peter C. Hill,Kenneth I. Pargament,Ralph W. Hood,Michael E. McCullough,James P. Swyers,David B. Larson,Brian J. Zinnbauer +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a set of criteria that recognize the constructs' conceptual similarities and dissimilarities are proposed as benchmarks for judging the value of existing definitions of spirituality and religiousness.