| Title |
The Use of Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: Enablers and Barriers
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Religion and Health, November 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10943-011-9551-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ottilia Brown, Diane Elkonin, Samantha Naicker |
| Abstract |
The use of religion and spirituality in psychotherapy has been a contentious issue for decades. This paper explores and describes whether psychologists would use religion and spirituality in psychotherapy as well as enablers and barriers in this regard. A qualitative exploratory descriptive method was followed using purposive sampling to obtain a sample of clinical and counselling psychologists. The focus group strategy was used to collect the data, and Tesch's model of content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative findings. Most participants expressed a willingness to discuss religion and spirituality with their clients. Participants also highlighted specific enablers and barriers to incorporating religion and spirituality in psychotherapy. This article has the potential to influence professional training in psychology and psychotherapy. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 146 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 141 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 17% |
| Unknown | 27 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 67 | 46% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 July 2014.
All research outputs
#19,400,321
of 23,867,274 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Religion and Health
#1,065
of 1,262 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#119,430
of 144,829 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Religion and Health
#9
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,867,274 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 10th percentile – i.e., 10% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,262 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.4. This one is in the 7th percentile – i.e., 7% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 144,829 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 8th percentile – i.e., 8% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 13 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 7th percentile – i.e., 7% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.