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This section of the Journal attempts to keep readers informed of current resources of an integrative nature or those related to the general field of the psychology of religion appearing in other professional journals. A wide range of psychological and theological journals are surveyed regularly in search of such resources. The editor of the Journal File welcomes correspondence from readers concerning relevant theoretical or research articles in domestic or foreign journals which contribute directly or indirectly to the task and process of integration and to an understanding of the psychology of religion.

PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

McMinn, M. R., Aikins, D. C., & Lish, R. A. (2003).

Basic and advanced competence in collaborating with clergy

Vol. 34 (2), 197-202

This article presents a research study on collaboration between psychologists and clergy. To begin, an interview study was conducted. The goal of this qualitative research was to better understand how relationships between psychologists and Christian clergy are established and maintained. Twenty semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 licensed psychologists and 10 Christian clergypersons (Protestant and Roman Catholic), all of whom were currently or previously engaged in at least one collaborative relationship with someone from the other profession. Each telephone interview lasted between 20 and 40 minutes, and was transcribed for qualitative data analysis. Using qualitative data analysis software, the researchers distilled eight key principles of effective collaboration, which were used to construct a questionnaire for the larger quantitative study. The eight principles of effective collaboration found by this interview study were: Relationship, common...

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