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Name and TitleMichael E. McCullough, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Psychology
Institutional AffiliationSouthern Methodist University
Mailing AddressSMU Box 750442
Dallas, TX 75275-0442
Email AddressResearch InterestsI am interested in the
relationships between religious involvement and hard indicators of health and
disease such as all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and how these links
might be mediated by physiological or psychological effects. Also conducting
longitudinal work on how religious sentiments change across the lifespan and
how patterns of change might relate to health and well-being. Also have
active research programs on the "psychospiritual" constructs of forgiveness
and gratitude.
Representative PublicationsMcCullough, M. E., Bellah, C. G., Kilpatrick, S. D., & Johnson, J. L. (2001).
Vengefulness: Relationships with forgiveness, rumination, well-being, and the
Big Five. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 601-610.
McCullough, M.E., Hoyt, W.T., Larson, D.B., Koenig, H.G., & Thoresen, C.E.
(2000). Religious involvement and mortality: A meta-analytic review. Health
Psychology, 19, 211-222.
McCullough, M. E., Hoyt, W. T., & Larson, D. B. (2001). Small, robust, and
important: Reply to Sloan and Bagiella (2001) [Letter to the Editor]. Health
Psychology, 20, 228-229.
McCullough, M. E., Kilpatrick, S. D., Emmons, R. A., & Larson, D. B. (2001).
Is gratitude a moral affect? Psychological Bulletin, 127, 249-266.
Research KeywordsMeasurement, Biological, Developmental,
Mental Health and Psychopathology, Social
Psychology and Religion Courses, Seminars, or Programs Taught(a) Psychology of Religion; (b) Religious and Spiritual Variables in Psychophysiology and
Physical Health.
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