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Name and Title
Thomas Plante
Professor of Psychology, Santa Clara University
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford
Primary Institutional Affiliation
Mailing Address500 El Camino Real,
Psychology Department,
SCU,
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0333
Email AddressResearch Interests
My research interests are best described as research on relationship between spirituality and religious practices and mental and physical health outcomes as well as psychological and assessment issues among Catholic and Episcopal clergy.
Representative Publications- Plante, T. G. (Ed). (2010). Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health. Santa
Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO.
- Plante, T. G. (2009). Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy: Thirteen Tools for Enhancing Psychological
Health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Plante, T. G., & Thoresen, C. E. (Eds.) (2007). Spirit, Science and Health: How the Spiritual Mind Fuels
Physical Wellness. Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood.
- Plante, T. G. (Ed.). (2004). Sin against the Innocents: Sexual Abuse by Priests and the Role of the Catholic Church.
Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood.
Research KeywordsMeasurement, mental health/psychopathology
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