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  1. Can forgiveness improve population health and well-being?

    Article • SSM - Mental Health, December 2026, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  2. How Christians Experience Reconciliation With God After Personal Wrongdoing

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, August 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden, Kaye Cook

  3. Longitudinal associations of suffering with subsequent multidimensional well-being in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • Communications Medicine, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  4. Causal estimates of multidimensional well-being under hypothetical forgiveness shift scenarios: Longitudinal evidence from a national panel in New Zealand

    Article • SSM - Mental Health, June 2026, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  5. Mapping Religious and Spiritual Comfort Worldwide: Demographic Patterns Across 22 Countries

    Article • Critical Research on Religion, May 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  6. A cross-national study of demographic variation and childhood predictors of traumatic distress

    Article • Communications Medicine, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  7. Religious Reading across Borders and Demographics: A Study of 22 Countries

    Article • Studia Religiologica, May 2026, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski – Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  8. Existential Positive Psychology as an integrative evidence-based paradigm: Theory, advances, and future directions

    Article • April 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  9. Outcome-Wide study on the relationship between Education and Well-being. The Global Flourishing Study

    Article • March 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  10. Incident‐Specific Measurement of Divine Forgiveness: Psychometric Properties of the Christian‐Sensitive Reconciliation With God Scale

    Article • Stress and Health, March 2026, Wiley

    Assoc. Prof Zuhal AGILKAYA-SAHIN, Richard G. Cowden

  11. Associations of Childhood Experiences With Adulthood Religious and Relational Outcomes Among Protestants and Catholics in the United States

    Article • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March 2026, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  12. Adolescent screen use in the pre-internet era and subsequent health and well-being: an outcome-wide longitudinal study

    Article • Current Psychology, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  13. Mediating Reconciliation With God: Exploring Divine Forgiveness Experiences During Confession Among Catholic Priests From Four Spanish-Speaking Countries

    Article • February 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  14. Coordinated Outcome-wide Analytic Methodology for Wave 2 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • February 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  15. Temporal Dynamics of Experiencing Reconciliation With God After Personal Wrongdoing: An Incident-Anchored Longitudinal Study of U.S. Christian Adults

    Article • January 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  16. Spiritually significant places as adaptive psycho-spatial resources: Mattering struggles, spiritual ties to place, and mental well-being in US adults

    Article • Archive for the Psychology of Religion, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  17. Pain and 56 Subsequent Wellbeing and Life Outcomes: An Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Approach in a Multi-Country Sample

    Article • January 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  18. Pain and Suffering Have Distinct Effects on Distress and Wellbeing: Evidence From a Longitudinal Multi-Country Analysis

    Article • January 2026, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  19. Longitudinal Associations of Suffering with Subsequent Multidimensional Well-Being in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • December 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  20. Longitudinal Associations of Dispositional Forgivingness with Multidimensional Well-being: A Two-Wave Outcome-Wide Analysis in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • December 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  21. An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on the Association Between Religion/Spirituality and Health/Well-Being

    Article • November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  22. Forgiveness Education and Promotion

    Article • November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  23. Cohort update: Wave 2 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • November 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  24. Pain and Suffering Have Distinct Effects on Distress and Wellbeing: Evidence From a Longitudinal Multi-Country Analysis

    Article • November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  25. From hardship to resilience: Childhood financial conditions and adult well-being in WEIRD and less WEIRD countries

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  26. Religious/Spiritual Connection and Subjective Well-Being Across Religious and Nonreligious Individuals in 121 Countries

    Article • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  27. Between Vulnerability and Connection: Longitudinal Evidence on the Impact of Transformative Religious/Spiritual Experiences

    Article • Stress and Health, October 2025, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  28. Reconnecting our communities: Social flourishing on the far side of “our epidemic of loneliness and isolation”

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, September 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  29. Incident-Specific Measurement of Divine Forgiveness: Psychometric Properties of the Christian-Sensitive Reconciliation with God Scale

    Article • September 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  30. Faith Across Generations: Associations of Childhood Experiences with Adulthood Religious and Relational Outcomes

    Article • September 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  31. Demographic Variation in Religious/Spiritual Connection Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis

    Article • September 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  32. Religious/Spiritual Connection and Subjective Wellbeing Around the World: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with Nationally Representative Samples from 121 Countries

    Article • Journal of Religion and Health, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  33. Coordinated Outcome-wide Analytic Methodology for Wave 2 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • August 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  34. God Loves Me, This I Know: Demographic Variation in Belief in Divine Love & Punishment Across 22 Countries

    Article • July 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  35. The Psychometric Network of Individual Flourishing Across Nationally Representative Samples from 22 Countries

    Article • July 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  36. A country-specific all-outcome approach to the Global Flourishing Study: The origin, aims, and process of the country-specific special issue

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  37. Flourishing in South Africa: Benchmarks and sociodemographic variation across 69 health, wellbeing, and related factors in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  38. Supplementary information for: Flourishing in South Africa: Benchmarks and sociodemographic variation across 69 health, wellbeing, and related factors in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  39. Childhood predictors of suffering in adulthood across 22 countries

    Article • Communications Medicine, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  40. Flourishing in Argentina: Evidence from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) across socioeconomic groups and levels of religiosity

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  41. Flourishing in Hong Kong: An analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  42. Flourishing in Türkiye: A comprehensive country-specific analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  43. Flourishing in the Philippines: Country-specific insights from the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  44. Supplementary information for: Flourishing in Hong Kong: Ananalysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  45. Supplementary information for: Flourishing in Türkiye: A comprehensive country-specific analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  46. Supplementary information for: Flourishing in the Philippines: Country-specific insights from the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  47. Supplementary information for:Well-being in the United States: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  48. Well-being in the United States: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, June 2025, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  49. Seeds of Hope: Cross-National Analysis of Childhood Predictors of Hope in 22 Countries

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  50. After we transgress God’s values: relational spirituality as a paradigm for the Christian experience of reconciliation with God

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2025, Frontiers

    Richard G. Cowden

  51. Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  52. Are Spiritual Struggles the Cause or Effect of Psychological Problems (or Both)?: Empirical Findings and Their Implications for Research and Practice

    Article • May 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  53. A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in suffering across 22 countries

    Article • Communications Medicine, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  54. Differential Effects of Decisional and Emotional Forgiveness on Psychological, Spiritual, Social, Volitional, and Physical Well-Being: A Scoping Review

    Article • Healthcare, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Richard G. Cowden

  55. Seeds of Hope: A Cross-National Analysis of Childhood Predictors of Hope in 22 Countries

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  56. Sociodemographic Variation in Gratitude using Cross-National Analysis With 22 Countries

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  57. Where Hope Thrives: Demographic Variation in Hope Across 22 Countries

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  58. Childhood Predictors of Gratitude in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis of 22 Countries in the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  59. The Psychometric Network of Individual Flourishing Across Nationally Representative Samples from 22 Countries

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  60. The development of the Global Flourishing Study questionnaire: Charting the evolution of a new 109-item inventory of human flourishing

    Article • April 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  61. Development of the Self-Directed TRANSCEND Suffering Workbook Intervention: A Population Health Psychology Approach for ‘Everyday’ Suffering

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Richard G. Cowden

  62. Loneliness in a Global Context: Sociodemographic Disparities and Childhood Determinants

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  63. Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis With 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  64. Childhood Predictors of Suffering in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis With 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  65. Sociodemographic Variation in Suffering: A Cross-National Analysis With 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  66. Childhood Predictors of Belief in Life After Death across 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  67. Sociodemographic Variation in Dispositional Forgivingness: A Cross-National Analysis With 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  68. Sociodemographic Variations of Belief in Life After Death across 22 Countries

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  69. Love of Neighbor Assessment: Validity, Reliability, and a Template for Measurement

    Article • February 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  70. Love of Neighbor Assessment: Validity, Reliability, and a Template for Measurement

    Article • February 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  71. Does Meaning in Life Mediate Associations Between Suffering and Subsequent Mental Well‐Being? Longitudinal Evidence From Two Non‐Western Samples

    Article • Stress and Health, January 2025, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  72. Analytic Methodology for Childhood Predictor Analyses for Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  73. Analytic Methodology for Childhood Predictor Analyses for Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  74. Analytic Methodology for Demographic Variation Analyses for Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  75. Analytic Methodology for Demographic Variation Analyses for Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • January 2025, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  76. Blessed is the one Whose Transgressions are Forgiven: Conceptual Foundations and a Template for Measuring Christian Experiences of Reconciliation with God

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  77. Forgiveness Reconsidered: Agency and the Contextual Nature of Forgiveness in the Aftermath of Clergy Sex Abuse

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  78. Light Still Shines in the Darkness: Mindsets That Shape Encounters With the Storm of Suffering

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  79. Longitudinal associations of spousal support and strain with health and well‐being: An outcome‐wide study of married older U.S. Adults

    Article • Family Process, September 2024, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  80. Forgiveness Reconsidered: Agency and the Contextual Nature of Forgiveness in the Aftermath of Clergy Sex Abuse

    Article • August 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  81. Measuring wellbeing in the Global Flourishing Study: insights from a cross-national analysis of cognitive interviews from 22 countries

    Article • Quality & Quantity, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  82. Effects of Screen-Based Leisure Time on 24 Subsequent Health and Wellbeing Outcomes: A Longitudinal Outcome-Wide Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  83. Survey Sampling Design in Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  84. Survey Sampling Design in Wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  85. Blessed is the One Whose Transgressions are Forgiven: Conceptual Foundations and a Template for Measuring Christian Experiences of Reconciliation with God

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  86. Four key areas of interpersonal forgiveness research that have developed over the last three decades: A reflection and tribute to Everett l. Worthington Jr.

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, June 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  87. Multidimensional Flourishing in Africa: An Intracontinental Analysis of 38 Well-Being Indicators in 40 Countries

    Article • Journal of Happiness Studies, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  88. Religious/spiritual struggles and whole person functioning among Colombian university students: Longitudinal evidence of mutual influence

    Article • International Journal of Psychology, May 2024, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  89. Effects of prayer frequency and orientations on distress and well-being: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from Indonesian adults.

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, April 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  90. Hope in adolescence and subsequent health and well-being in adulthood: An outcome-wide longitudinal study

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, April 2024, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  91. Salutogenic health measures: Psychometric properties of the Danish versions of the Flourish Index and the Secure Flourish Index

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, February 2024, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden, Dr. Niels Christian Hvidt

  92. Measuring wellbeing in the Global Flourishing Study: Insights from a cross-national analysis of cognitive interviews from 22 countries

    Article • February 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  93. Measuring wellbeing in the Global Flourishing Study: Insights from a cross-national analysis of cognitive interviews from 22 countries

    Article • February 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  94. Religious/spiritual connection and subjective wellbeing around the world: A cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative samples from 121 countries

    Article • February 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  95. Religious/spiritual connection and subjective wellbeing around the world: A cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative samples from 121 countries

    Article • February 2024, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  96. Divine struggles and whole person functioning: a 9-year longitudinal study of middle-aged U.S. adults

    Article • Psychology & Health, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  97. Existential Wellbeing in Palliative Care: A Paradigm of Existential Positive Psychology

    Article • January 2024, MDPI AG

    Richard G. Cowden

  98. Associations of orientation to promote good in challenging situations with distress and well‐being: Multi‐study evidence from three non‐Western Longitudinal samples

    Article • European Journal of Social Psychology, December 2023, Wiley

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  99. Coping Resources among Forced Migrants in South Africa: Exploring the Role of Character Strengths in Coping, Adjustment, and Flourishing

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Richard G. Cowden

  100. Religious/Spiritual Struggles and Suicide Ideation Among Adult Psychiatric Outpatients: A 12-Month Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, December 2023, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  101. Beyond a single story: The heterogeneity of human flourishing in 22 countries

    Article • International Journal of Wellbeing, October 2023, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

    Richard G. Cowden

  102. Enriching the Common Core of Mystical Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews with Daoist Monks and Nuns

    Article • International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  103. A Supplement to the Surgeon General’s Advisory “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation”

    Article • September 2023, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  104. A Supplement to the Surgeon General’s Advisory “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation”

    Article • September 2023, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  105. Exposure to negative life events, change in their perceived impact, and subsequent well-being among U.S. adults: A longitudinal outcome-wide analysis

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, May 2023, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  106. Psychological caring climate at work, mental health, well-being, and work-related outcomes: Evidence from a longitudinal study and health insurance data

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  107. The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years

    Article • Public Health, April 2023, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  108. Flourishing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study in South Africa

    Article • Psychological Reports, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  109. International REACH Forgiveness Intervention: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • March 2023, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  110. International REACH Forgiveness Intervention: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • March 2023, Center for Open Science

    Richard G. Cowden

  111. Associations between the Importance of Well-Being Domains and the Subsequent Experience of Well-Being

    Article • Sustainability, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  112. Identifying pathways to religious service attendance among older adults: A lagged exposure-wide analysis

    Article • PLOS One, November 2022, PLOS

    Richard G. Cowden

  113. Demographic Predictors of Complete Well-Being

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Richard G. Cowden

  114. Do Religious/Spiritual Resources Moderate the Association Between Suffering and Religious/Spiritual Struggles? A Three‐Wave Longitudinal Study of US Adults with Chronic Illness

    Article • Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, September 2022, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  115. A systems perspective on human flourishing: Exploring cross-country similarities and differences of a multisystemic flourishing network

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  116. Associations of lockdown stringency and duration with Google searches for mental health terms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nine-country study

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, June 2022, Elsevier

    M.D., resident in Psychiatry Renato de Filippis, Richard G. Cowden

  117. Religious/spiritual struggles and depression during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in the global south: Evidence of moderation by positive religious coping and hope.

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, May 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  118. Brief Digital Interventions to Support the Psychological Well-being of NHS Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3-Arm Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Mental Health, April 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Richard G. Cowden

  119. Effectiveness of an intensive experiential group therapy program in promoting mental health and well-being among mass shooting survivors: A practice-based pilot study.

    Article • Professional Psychology Research and Practice, April 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  120. Suffering, psychological distress, and well‐being in Indonesia: A prospective cohort study

    Article • Stress and Health, March 2022, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  121. The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, March 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Zahir Vally, Jarosław Piotrowski, Mladen Adamovic, Dr. Fanli Jia, Veljko Jovanović, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Richard G. Cowden

  122. Development and Initial Validation of the Persevering Hope Scale: Measuring Wait-Power in Four Independent Samples

    Article • Journal of Personality Assessment, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  123. COVID-19 vaccines for children and adolescents in Africa: aligning our priorities to situational realities

    Article • BMJ Global Health, February 2022, BMJ

    Richard G. Cowden

  124. Shifting the Paradigm of Positive Psychology: Toward an Existential Positive Psychology of Wellbeing

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  125. The pain and gain of religious/spiritual struggles: a longitudinal study of South African adults

    Article • Mental Health Religion & Culture, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  126. Resource loss, positive religious coping, and suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of US adults with chronic illness

    Article • Mental Health Religion & Culture, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  127. Self-esteem and antiretroviral therapy adherence among young people living with HIV: An exploratory serial mediation analysis

    Article • South African Journal of Science, November 2021, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Richard G. Cowden

  128. COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Adolescents in Africa: Aligning our Priorities to Situational Realities (Preprint)

    Article • November 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Richard G. Cowden

  129. Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches

    Article • Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  130. Brief Digital Interventions to Support the Psychological Well-being of NHS Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3-Arm Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

    Article • October 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Richard G. Cowden

  131. Religious coping with interpersonal hurts: Psychosocial correlates of the brief RCOPE in four non-Western countries.

    Article • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, August 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  132. Religious/spiritual struggles and psychological distress: A test of three models in a longitudinal study of adults with chronic health conditions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, August 2021, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  133. Psychological and spiritual outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study of adults with chronic disease.

    Article • Health Psychology, June 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard G. Cowden

  134. Clinical supervision in South Africa: Perceptions of supervision training, practices, and professional competencies

    Article • South African Journal of Science, March 2021, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Richard G. Cowden

  135. Investigating the Interrelations Between Systems of Support in 13- to 18-Year-Old Adolescents: A Network Analysis of Resilience Promoting Systems in a High and Middle-Income Country

    Article • Child Development, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Richard G. Cowden

  136. A Cross-Country Network Analysis of Adolescent Resilience

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2021, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  137. Place and Post-Pandemic Flourishing

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  138. A person-centered approach to achievement goal orientations in competitive tennis players: Associations with motivation and mental toughness

    Article • Journal of Sport and Health Science, January 2021, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  139. Effects of a group experiential therapy program on the psychological health of military veterans: a preliminary investigation

    Article • Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  140. Hope and well-being in vulnerable contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic: does religious coping matter?

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, December 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  141. Beyond the Disease: Contextualized Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children and Young People Living in Eastern and Southern Africa

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, October 2020, Frontiers

    Richard G. Cowden

  142. Profiles of moral distress and associated outcomes among student veterans.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, October 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Brandon Griffin, Brett Litz, Richard G. Cowden

  143. Culturally Relevant Resilience: A Psychometric Meta‐Analysis of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM)

    Article • Journal of Research on Adolescence, July 2020, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  144. Is cultural adaptation needed beyond using Christian-accommodated reach forgiveness psychoeducational group intervention in Ghana? An efficacy study comparing a Christian-accommodated version against a version accommodated by Christian and cultural ada...

    Article • Spirituality in Clinical Practice, June 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Joseph Osafo, Richard G. Cowden

  145. Trait tendencies to forgive, punish, and exonerate oneself: A multi-study investigation

    Article • Journal of Research in Personality, June 2020, Elsevier

    Richard G. Cowden

  146. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with left ventricular assist device

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  147. Additive, Curvilinear, and Interactive Relations of Anxiety and Depression With Indicators of Psychosocial Functioning

    Article • Psychological Reports, April 2020, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  148. Self-Forgiveness Among Incarcerated Individuals in Ghana: Relations With Shame- and Guilt-Proneness

    Article • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, April 2020, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  149. Forgiveness moderates relations between psychological abuse and indicators of psychological distress among women in romantic relationships

    Article • South African Journal of Science, November 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Richard G. Cowden

  150. Sexual Risk Behavior: a Multi-System Model of Risk and Protective Factors in South African Adolescents

    Article • Prevention Science, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  151. Development of the Collectivist‐Sensitive Trait Forgivingness Scale

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, February 2019, Wiley

    Richard G. Cowden

  152. Perfectionism and motivation in sport: The mediating role of mental toughness

    Article • South African Journal of Science, January 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dr Patricia C Jackman, Richard G. Cowden

  153. Overcoming failure in sport: A self-forgiveness framework

    Article • Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, January 2019, Asociacion Espanola de Analisis del Rendimiento Deportivo

    Richard G. Cowden

  154. Strengthening intellectually challenged adolescents’ sense of self: An appreciative inquiry mixed-methods intervention

    Article • Health SA Gesondheid, November 2018, AOSIS Open Journals

    Richard G. Cowden

  155. Do congruent apologies facilitate forgiveness?

    Article • South African Journal of Psychology, November 2018, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  156. HIV Prevention in Adolescents and Young People in the Eastern and Southern African Region: A Review of Key Challenges Impeding Actions for an Effective Response

    Article • The Open AIDS Journal, July 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    kaymarlin govender, Richard G. Cowden

  157. Trait Forgiveness and Dyadic Adjustment Predict Postnatal Depression

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  158. Mental Toughness Inventory: Factorial validity and ethnic group measurement equivalence in competitive tennis

    Article • Current Psychology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard G. Cowden

  159. The complementarity of humility hypothesis: Individual, relational, and physiological effects of mutually humble partners

    Article • The Journal of Positive Psychology, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Thobeka T S Nkomo, Richard G. Cowden

  160. Validation of the child and youth resilience measure among South African adolescents

    Article • PLOS One, October 2017, PLOS

    Richard G. Cowden

  161. Mental Toughness in South African Youth

    Article • Psychological Reports, April 2017, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  162. Mental Toughness and Success in Sport: A Review and Prospect

    Article • The Open Sports Sciences Journal, February 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  163. On the mental toughness of self-aware athletes: Evidence from competitive tennis players

    Article • South African Journal of Science, January 2017, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Richard G. Cowden

  164. The psychology of forgiveness and its importance in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Psychology, January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden

  165. Validation of the Perceived Sense of School Membership Scale: A South African Version

    Article • Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  166. Mental Toughness, Emotional Intelligence, and Coping Effectiveness: An Analysis of Construct Interrelatedness Among High-Performing Adolescent Male Athletes

    Article • Perceptual and Motor Skills, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  167. Self-reflection and Self-insight Predict Resilience and Stress in Competitive Tennis

    Article • Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal, August 2016, Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd

    Richard G. Cowden

  168. Measuring resilience in competitive tennis players: psychometric properties of the Resilience Scale for Adults

    Article • South African Journal of Psychology, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  169. Competitive Performance Correlates of Mental Toughness in Tennis

    Article • Perceptual and Motor Skills, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Richard Cowden, Richard G. Cowden

  170. Mental Toughness in Competitive Tennis: Relationships with Resilience and Stress

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, March 2016, Frontiers

    Richard G. Cowden

  171. Mental toughness in South African competitive tennis: Biographical and sport participation differences

    Article • International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Richard G. Cowden

  172. Psychological Predictors of Mental Toughness in Elite Tennis: An Exploratory Study in Learned Resourcefulness and Competitive Trait Anxiety

    Article • Perceptual and Motor Skills, December 2014, SAGE Publications

    Richard G. Cowden