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Prevalence of obesity in religious clergy in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: This systematic review aims to summarize the current body of evidence concerning the prevalence of obesity among clergy …
David E. Eagle, Anna Holleman, Brianda Barrera Olvera
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The Selah Trial: A Preference-Based Partially Randomized Waitlist Control Study of Three Stress Management Interventions.
Chronic stress undermines psychological and physiological health. We tested three remotely delivered stress management interventions …
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, David E. Eagle, Logan Tice, Alyssa Platt, Jia Yao, Jessie Larkins, Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Joshua Rash
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RELTRAD2: Refining the State of the Art of Religious Classification by Reconsidering the Categorization of Nondenominational Respondents
RELTRAD is a major religious taxonomy used by a large number of researchers. Although criticisms have been raised about its utility, …
Joshua Gaghan, David Eagle
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When Shepherds Shed: Trajectories of Weight-Related Behaviors in a Holistic Health Intervention Tailored for US Christian Clergy
Abstract Maintaining healthy behaviors is challenging. Based upon previous reports that in North Carolina (NC), USA, overweight/obese …
Jia Yao, Dori Steinberg, Elizabeth L. Turner, Grace Y. Cai, Jacqueline R. Cameron, Celia F. Hybels, David E. Eagle, Glen Milstein, Joshua A. Rash, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
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Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Seminarians: Personal Experiences of Trauma and Implications for Pastoral Well-Being and Ministerial Training
Recent research has shown Mainline Protestant clergy evidence poor mental health. In accounting for this, research has focused on …
Anna Holleman, Laura Upenieks, David Eagle
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Is There a Crisis in Clergy Health?: Reorienting Research Using a National Sample
Are religious leaders unusually unhealthy? This question has long occupied scholars interested in the study of religious institutions, …
Anna Holleman, David Eagle
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Divine Struggles Among Those Doing God’s Work: A Longitudinal Assessment Predicting Depression and Burnout and the Role of Social Support in United Methodist Clergy
In this study, we examine the role of spiritual struggles among clergy, in the form of divine struggle or feelings of alienation from …
Laura Upenieks, David Eagle
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Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry
This research examines the social actors and interactions that facilitate seminary students’ sense of calling. Drawing from 36 …
Erin F. Johnston, David E. Eagle
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Introducing the Seminary to Early Ministry Study
The Seminary to Early Ministry (SEM) Study is a mixed-method, prospective study designed to provide high-quality empirical data on …
David E. Eagle, Joshua Gaghan
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Burial workers’ perceptions of community resistance and support systems during an Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study
Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide vital services during disease outbreaks. Appropriate burials of those who died from an …
Hana Zwick, Marc Salama Asobee, Isabeaux Kennedy Mitton, Jennifer Headley, David E. Eagle
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