Bernard Spilka

7.3k citations
84 papers · 5.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

  • Health top 0.05%
    • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
    • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
    • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
    • Cultural Differences and Values
    • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Papers in

    • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology 7
    • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology 44

Bernard Spilka

81 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach 1998 · 884 citations
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Peers

Bernard Spilka
Comparison fields: 5 of 121
  • Health 3.7k
  • Social Psychology 1.8k
  • Clinical Psychology 1.4k
  • Applied Psychology 299
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Bernard Spilka, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201226
2
RELIGION AND THE PARANORMAL: assessing Freudian hypotheses
20111
3
The psychology of religion: An empirical approach, 3rd ed.
2003167
4
Manifest anxiety and hostility in "criminally insane" patients.
19980
5 1991117
6 199130
7 19881
8 19857
9 198417
10 198324
11 19813
12 197911
13 197610
14 197312
15 1973306
16 19721
17 19716
18 19707
19 19704
20 19617

About Bernard Spilka

Bernard Spilka is a scholar working on General Psychology, Health, Religious studies, Sociology and Political Science and Applied Psychology, having authored 84 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (44 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (25 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (9 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (8 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (7 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (3.7k citations), Social Psychology (1.8k citations), Clinical Psychology (1.4k citations), Applied Psychology (299 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (2.5k citations). Bernard Spilka has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Ralph W. Hood, Richard L. Gorsuch, Bruce Hunsberger, C. Margaret Hall, Michael J. Donahue, Peter Benson, Kevin L. Ladd, Phillip R. Shaver, Lee A. Kirkpatrick and Peter C. Hill. Their work appears in journals such as Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion and Journal of Religion and Health.

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