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  • Title: Systematic analysis of research on religious variables in four major psychiatric journals, 1978-1982.
    Author: Larson DB, Pattison EM, Blazer DG, Omran AR, Kaplan BH.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1986 Mar; 143(3):329-34. PubMed ID: 3953867.
    Abstract:
    The authors conducted a systematic analysis of quantitative research on religious variables found in four psychiatric journals between 1978 and 1982. Of the 2,348 psychiatric articles reviewed, 59 included a quantified religious variable. In this research, the religious variable chosen was most often a single static measure of religion rather than multiple dynamic measures. In addition, other available religious research was seldom cited. Comparison with systematic analyses of religious research in psychology and sociology suggests that psychiatric research lacks conceptual and methodological sophistication. The data suggest that the academic knowledge and skills needed to evaluate religion have not been absorbed into the psychiatric domain.
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