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Kenneth I. Pargament
kpargam@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419)372-8037
Curriculum vita
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1977
Dr. Pargament's nationally and internationally known research addresses religious beliefs and health. His current research
program addresses how elderly people who struggle with their religious beliefs and hold negative perceptions about their relationships
with God and life meaning have an increased risk of death, even after controlling for physical and mental health and demographic
characteristics. He also studies the process by which people create perceptions about the sanctity of aspects of their life
activities and the beneficial effects of "sanctification" for individual and interpersonal well-being. A strong emphasis on
this work is how individuals and couples "sanctify" their marriage and how that sanctification is a strong predictor of marital
quality and stability. Dr. Pargament won the 2000 Virginia Staudt Sexton Mentoring Award from the American Psychological Association
for his generous work in encouraging both faculty, undergraduate, and graduate research in the psychology of religion.
Recent Publications:
Pargament, K. I. (in press). Religious congregation-based interventions for mental health. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology. American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
Butter, E. M., & Pargament, K. I. (in press). Development of a model for clinical assessment of religious coping: Initial
validation of the Process Evaluation Model. Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
Pargament, K. I., Murray-Swank, N., Magyar, G., & Ano, G. (in press) Spiritual struggle: A phenomenon of interest for psychology
and religion. W. R. Miller and H. Delaney (Eds.,), Psychology and human nature. Washington DC: APA Press.
Pargament, K. I., Magyar, G., & Murray, N. (in press). The sacred and the search for significance: The uniqueness of religion.
Journal of Social Issues.
Tarakeshwar, N., Pargament, K. I., & Mahoney, A. Religious coping and mental health of Hindus in the United States. Journal of Community Psychology.
Tarakeshwar, N., Pargament, K. I., & Mahoney, A (in press). Measures of Hindu pathways: Development and preliminary evidence
of reliability and validity. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Journal.
Mahoney, A., & Pargament, K. I. (in press). Sacred changes: Spiritual conversion and transformation. In W. R. Miller (Ed.),
Quantum change: Toward a psychology of transformation. Special issue of In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice.
Pargament, K. I., Koenig, H. G., Tarakeshwar, N., & Hahn, J. (in press). Religious coping methods as predictors of outcomes
of psychological, physical, and spiritual outcomes among medically ill elderly patients: A two-year longitudinal study. Journal of Health Psychology.
Pargament, K. I. & Mahoney, A. M. (in press). Sacred matters: Sanctification as a phenomena of interest for the psychology
of religion. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Murray-Swank, N., Pargament, K. I., & Mahoney, A. (in press). The sanctification of sexuality. The International Journal of the Psychology of Religion.
Mahoney, A., Pargament, K. I., Jewell, T., Magyar, G. M., Tarakeshwar, N., & Murray-Swank, N. (in press). A higher purpose:
The sanctification of strivings. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Mahoney, A., Carels, R., Pargament, K. I., Wachholtz, A., Edwards Leeper, L., Kaplar, M., & Frutchey, R. (in press). The sanctification
of the body and behavioral health patterns of college students. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Pargament, K. I., Ano, G., & Wachholtz. Religious coping. Invited chapter to R. Paloutzian and C. Parks (Eds.) Handbook of psychology and religion. New York: Guilford Press.
Zinnbauer, B., & Pargament, K .I. Religiousness and spirituality. Invited chapter to R. Paloutzian and C. Parks (Eds.). Handbook of psychology and religion. New York: Guilford Press.
Pargament, K. I., Tarakeshwar, N., McCarthy, S. et al. (in press). Religion and HIV/AIDS: A review of the literature and clinical
implications. Southern Medical Journal.
Cole, B., Benore, E., & Pargament, K.I. 2004. “Spirituality and Coping with Trauma.” In S. Sorajjakool & H. Lamberton (Eds.).
Spirituality, health, and wholeness. New York: Haworth Press.
Butter, E.M. & Pargament, K.I. Forthcoming. “Development of a Model for Clinical Assessment of Religious Coping: Initial Validation
of the Process Evaluation Model.” Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
Hill, P.C. & Pargament, K.I. 2003. “Advances in the Conceptualization and Measurement of Religion and Spirituality: Implications
for Physical and Mental Health Research.” American Psychologist 58:64-74.
Mahoney, A., Pargament, K.I., Murray-Swank, A., & Murray-Swank, N. 2003. “Religion and the Sanctification of Family Relationships.”
Review of Religious Research 44:220-236.
Pargament, K.I. & Mahoney, A. 2002. “Spirituality: The Discovery and Conservation of the Sacred.” C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez
Eds., Handbook of Positive Psychology pp. 646-659. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pendleton, S.M., Cavalli, K.S., Pargament, K.I., & Nasr, S.Z. 2002. “Spirituality in Children with Cystic Fibrosis: A Qualitative
Analysis.” Pediatrics 109:1-11.
Rye, M.S. & Pargament, K.I. 2002. “Forgiveness and Romantic Relationships in College: Can it Heal the Wounded Heart?” Journal of Clinical Psychology 58:419-441.
Pargament, K.I., Poloma, M., & Tarakeshwar, N. 2001. "Spiritual Healing, Karma, and the Bar Mitzvah: Methods of Coping from
the Religions of the World." In C.R. Snyder Ed. Coping and Copers: Adaptive Process and People. Pp. 259-284. New York: Oxford University Press.
Mahoney, A., Pargament, K., Swank, A., & Tarakeshwar, N. 2001. “Religion in the Home in the 1980’s and 90’s: A Review and
Conceptual Integration of Empirical Links between Religion, Marriage, and Parenting.” Journal of Family Psychology 15:559-596.
Tarakeshwar, N. & Pargament, K.I. 2001. “Religious Coping in Families of Children with Autism.” Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 16:247-260.
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