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ASPIRES, FFM, Spirituality, Transcendence

Biography

Ralph L. Piedmont received his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from Boston University in 1989. He then did a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Aging which focused on the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Ralph was Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University Maryland until 2018, but now is the Managing Partner at the Center for Professional Studies. This organization provides training and consultation to organizations interested in learning more about their constituencies and in developing their personnel. He has developed a non-denominational, motivational measure of spirituality, the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES). Ralph is the Founding Editor of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality which is published by the American Psychological Association. Ralph has published and presented extensively in the areas of personality assessment and spirituality.

Activities

Employment (1)

Center for Professional Studies: Timonium, US

2018-06-01 to present | Managing Director
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Education and qualifications (3)

Boston University: Boston, MA, US

1984-05-26 to 1989-01-25 | PhD (Psychology)
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Boston University: Boston, MA, US

1982-09-07 to 1984-05-13 | MA (Psychology)
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Iona College: New Rochelle, NY, US

1976-09-07 to 1980-02-01 | BA (Psychology/History)
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Professional activities (2)

American Psychological Association: Washington, DC, US

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American Counseling Association: Alexandria, VA, US

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Works (28)

Spiritual coping within medical professions: A psychometric analysis of the Numinous Motivations Inventory short form

Journal of Advanced Nursing
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Williamson; Ralph L. Piedmont; Jesse Fox; Megan Rowe; Diane Robinson
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Factor analysis and reliability of the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale in an Iranian sample

Mental Health, Religion & Culture
2024-02-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Seyedeh Razieh Tabaeian; Ralph L. Piedmont
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Establishing a Dignity Scale - Measuring Intrinsic Value within Social Contexts

Humanistic Management Journal
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Pirson; Ralph L. Piedmont; Noemi Nagy; Donna Hicks
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The virtue of religious faith and its relationship to posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of torture: the unique outcomes of men and women

Mental Health, Religion & Culture
2022-11-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Desmond Buhagar; Ralph Piedmont; Kari O'Grady
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Spiritual Transcendence and Psychological Time Perspective Drive Religious Non-Affiliation More than the Big 5 Personality Domains

Religions
2022-05-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Joseph A. Stewart-Sicking; Ralph L. Piedmont
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“Whatsoever You Do unto the Least of My Brethren, You Do unto Me:” Using the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale in a Socially and Economically Marginalized Rescue Mission Sample

Religions
2021-06-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Ralph L. Piedmont; Jesse Fox; Evan Copello
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Putting the science back in the scientific study of religiousness and spirituality: A commentary on Paloutzian and Park (2021).

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ralph L. Piedmont
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Let Him Who Is without Sin Cast the First Stone: Religious Struggle among Persons Convicted of Sexually Offending

Religions
2020-10-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Theresa M. Robertson; Gina M. Magyar-Russell; Ralph L. Piedmont
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Understanding the psychological soul of spirituality

Routledge
2019-11-21 | Book
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Spirituality, religiousness, personality as predictors of stress and resilience among middle-aged Vietnamese-Born American Catholics

Mental Health, Religion & Culture
2019-08-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Yen K. Le; Ralph L. Piedmont; Teresa A. Wilkins
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Who is Mturk? Personal characteristics and sample consistency of these online workers

Mental Health, Religion & Culture
2018-11-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Martin J. Burnham; Yen K. Le; Ralph L. Piedmont
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On WAIS—R difference scores in a psychiatric sample.

Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
1989-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ralph L. Piedmont; Robert L. Sokolove; Michael Z. Fleming
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An evaluation of various WAIS-R factor structures in a psychiatric sample

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(199209)48:5<658::aid-jclp2270480513>3.0.co;2-h

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An interactional model of achievement motivation and fear of success

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00289719

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BIG-FIVE ADJECTIVE MARKER SCALES FOR USE WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.1.160

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Does Spirituality Represent the Sixth Factor of Personality? Spiritual Transcendence and the Five-Factor Model

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6494.00080

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Editorial.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0015253

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Identifying Personality-Related Problems in Living: The Multi-Context Problems Checklist

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2012.717149

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Images of Madness: Feature Films in Teaching Psychology

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top1703_12

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On WAIS--R difference scores in a psychiatric sample.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//1040-3590.1.2.155

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Personality, Spirituality, Religiousness, and the Personality Disorders: Predictive Relations and Treatment Implications

Book chapter
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511576843.013

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Piedmont, Ralph L. (ed.), 2007, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 17, Leiden: E. J. Brill, xiv + 278 pp., ISBN 9789004154735, €79.00/US$ 79.00 (pb).

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156913310x495067

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND THERMAL REGULATION: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1983.56.2.627

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Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire

Other
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0876

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Spirituality as a Robust Empirical Predictor of Psychosocial Outcomes: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Book chapter
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5110-4_8

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Spirituality, Religiosity, and Subjective Quality of Life

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2421-1_14

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SUBJECT'S SELECTIVE LEARNING: AN INSIGHT INTO THE DEPTH-OF-PROCESSING FRAMEWORK

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1980.47.1.129

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Welcome.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1941-1022.s.1.1

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Peer review (8 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC psychology. (1)
Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (2)
Review activity for Psychological assessment. (2)
Review activity for Psychological trauma. (2)
Review activity for Wellcome open research. (1)