Croyances & Psychologie
Cet outil permet de faciliter la veille sur les enjeux complexes de la santé mentale et du fait religieux : de la neuroscience des croyances à l'étude des abus spirituels, en passant par la prise en charge des traumatismes et des processus de déconversion.
Dernière synchronisation : 01/09/2026
After discussing the origin of religion, functions of religion, and the construction of meaning by religion, the author focuses on the connection between religion and anxiety. The permanent anxiety in…
This paper presents opinions about obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. Washing, checking, repeating, touching, counting and scrupulosity are the most commonly seen rituals. Almo…
Rates of suicidal behavior are lower among African- than white Americans. We analyzed the association of suicide acceptability with religious, sociodemographic, and emotional variables in representati…
Spiritual abuse is the act of making people believe--whether by stating or merely implying--that they are going to be punished in this life and/or tormented in hell-fire forever for failure to live a …
This article details the reasons behind adolescents' attraction to cults. It is recommended that parents, teachers, and counselors familiarize themselves with the warning signs. Suggestions are offere…
Six hundred Massachusetts-registered psychiatrists were surveyed for their opinions on items plausibly related to the production of false memories of childhood sexual abuse. One hundred fifty-four psy…
OBJECTIVE: Ritual is a central feature of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is found in other psychiatric conditions. Defined in a general sense, it is seen in the everyday behaviour of animals …
Although there is otherwise much to recommend it, by riveting attention too narrowly on the contents of magical thought, and by recasting what is left of process in exclusively substantiative terms, t…
It is often assumed that scientific thinking displaces magical thinking, both historically and ontogenetically, but the tendency to invoke hidden causal powers straddles both modes of thought. The str…
Young children are often viewed as being unable to differentiate fantasy from reality. This article reviews research on both children's and adults' beliefs about fantasy as well as their tendency to e…
OBJECTIVES: The goals of the present study were to examine the extent of children's religious, especially satanic, knowledge and to understand the influence of children's age, religious training, fami…
Previous studies on the comorbidity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have largely focused on comorbidity with major depressive and anxiety disorders. The present investigation deals with a more …