- Religious and Spiritual Coping with Illness
- Race/Ethnicity Related to Religion and Spirituality
- Religion, Spirituality and Wellness
- Health Care Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education
- Spiritual Assessment
- Measurement of Religion and Spirituality
- Other
Religious and spiritual coping with illness
Cancer
Canada AL, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Stein K, Portier K, Crammer C, Peterman AH (2012). Racial/ethnic differences in spiritual well-being among cancer survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine,2012 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print].
Fitchett, G., & Canada, A. L. (2010). The role of religion/spirituality in coping with cancer: Evidence, assessment, and intervention. In J. C. Holland, W. S. Breitbart, P. B. Jacobson, M. S. Lederberg, M. J. Loscalzo, & R McCorkle (Eds.) Psycho-Oncology, 2nd edition (pp. 440-446). New York: Oxford University Press.
Murphy, P. E., Canada, A., Fitchett, G., Stein, K., Portier, K., Crammer, C., & Peterman, A. H. (2010). An examination of the three factor model and structural invariance across racial/ethnic groups for the FACIT-Sp: A report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II). Psycho-Oncology, 19: 264-272.
Canada, A. L., Murphy, P. E., Fitchett, G., Peterman, A. H., & Schover, L. R. (2008). A 3-factor model for the FACIT-Sp. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 908-916.
Daugherty, C. K., Fitchett, G., Murphy, P. E., Peterman, A. H., Banik, D. M., Hlubocky, F., & Tartaro, J. (2005). Trusting God and medicine: Spirituality in advanced cancer patients volunteering for clinical trials of experimental agents. Psycho-Oncology 14, 135-146.
Peterman, A. H., Fitchett, G., Brady, M. J., Hernandez, L., & Cella, D. (2002). Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp). Annals of Behavioral Medicine 24, 49-58.
Brady, M. J., Peterman, A. H., Fitchett, G., Mo, M., & Cella, D. (1999). A case for including spirituality in quality of life measurement in oncology. Psycho-Oncology 8, 417-428.
Fitchett, G. & Handzo, G. F. (1998). Spiritual assessment, screening, and intervention. In J.C. Holland et al. (Eds), Psycho-Oncology. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 790-808.
Chronic illness
Murphy, P. E., Fitchett, G., Canada, A. L. (2008). Adult spirituality for persons with chronic illness. In V.B. Carson & H. G. Koenig (Eds). Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice, Revised Edition. Templeton Foundation Press: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, pp. 193-235.
Medical rehabilitation
Fitchett, G., Rybarczyk, B. D., DeMarco, G. A., & Nicholas, J. J. (1999). The role of religion in medical rehabilitation outcomes: A longitudinal study. Rehabilitation Psychology, 44, 333-353.
Mental illness
Murphy, P. E., & Fitchett, G. (2009). Belief in a concerned God predicts response to treatment for adults with clinical depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 1000-1007. (ACPE Research Network, Article-of-the-Month, September, 2009).
Murphy, P. E., Ciarrocchi, J. W., Piedmont, R. L., Cheston, S., Peyrot, M., & Fitchett, G. (2000). The relation of religious beliefs and practices, depression, and hopelessness in persons with clinical depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 1102-1106.
Scott, E. L., Agresti, A. A., & Fitchett, G. (1998). Factor analysis of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and its clinical utility with psychiatric inpatients. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 37, 314-321.
Fitchett, G., Burton, L. A., & Sivan, A. B. (1997). The religious needs and resources of psychiatric in-patients. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 185, 320-326.
Sivan, A. B., Fitchett, G. A., & Burton, L. A. (1996). Hospitalized psychiatric and medical patients and the clergy. Journal of Religion and Health, 35(1), 11-19.
Palliative care
Lyndes, K. A.,Fitchett, G., Berlinger, N., Cadge, W., Misasi, J., & Flanagan, E. (2012). A survey of chaplains’ roles in pediatric palliative care: integral members of the team. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 18(1-2):74-93. DOI:10.1080/08854726.2012.667332
Fitchett, G., Lyndes, K. A., Cadge, W., Berlinger, N., Flanagan, E., & Misasi, J. (2011). The role of professional chaplains on pediatric palliative care teams: perspectives from physicians and chaplains. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(6):704-707. DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0523
Religious/spiritual struggle
Fitchett, G. & Risk, J. L. (2009). Screening for spiritual struggle. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, 63 (1,2). Available online.
Fitchett, G., Murphy, P. E., Kim, J., Gibbons, J. L., Cameron, J. R., & Davis, J. A. (2004). Religious struggle: Prevalence, correlates and mental health risks in diabetic, congestive heart failure, and oncology patients. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 34, 179-196.
Bradshaw, A., & Fitchett, G. (2003). God, why did this happen to me?: Three perspectives on theodicy. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling 57, 179-189.
Fitchett, G., Rybarczyk, B. D., DeMarco, G. A., & Nicholas, J. J. (1999). The role of religion in medical rehabilitation outcomes: A longitudinal study. Rehabilitation Psychology 44, 333-353.
Fitchett, G. (1999). Screening for spiritual risk. Chaplaincy Today, 15(1): 2-12.
Fitchett, G. (1999). Selected resources for screening for spiritual risk. Chaplaincy Today, 15 (1):13-26.
Race/ethnicity related to religion and spirituality
Canada AL, Fitchett G, Murphy PE, Stein K, Portier K, Crammer C, Peterman AH (2012). Racial/ethnic differences in spiritual well-being among cancer survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine,2012 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print].
Murphy, P. E., Canada, A., Fitchett, G., Stein, K., Portier, K., Crammer, C., & Peterman, A. H. (2010). An examination of the three factor model and structural invariance across racial/ethnic groups for the FACIT-Sp: A report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II). Psycho-Oncology, 19: 264-272.
Fitchett, G., Murphy, P. E., Kravitz, H. M., Everson-Rose, S. A., Krause, N. M., & Powell, L. H. (2007). Racial/Ethnic differences in religious involvement in a multi-ethnic cohort of midlife women. Journal for the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion 46, 119-132.
Religion, spirituality and wellness
Aging
Schnall E, Kalkstein S, Fitchett G, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Ockene J, Tindle HA, Thomas A, Hunt JR, Wassertheil-Smoller S. (2012). Psychological and social characteristics associated with religiosity in Women's Health Initiative participants. Journal of Religion and Health, 51(1):20-31. DOI 10.1007/s10943-011-9549-6
Salmoirago-Blotcher, E., Fitchett, G., Ockene, J. K., Schnall. E., Crawford, S., Granek, I., Manson, J., Ockene, I., O'Sullivan, M. J., Powell, L., & Rapp, S. (2011). Religion and healthy lifestyle behaviors among postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34(5): 360-371.
Skarupski, K. A., Fitchett, G., Evans, D.A., & Mendes de Leon, C. F. (2010). Daily spiritual experiences in a biracial, community-based population of older adults. Aging and Mental Health 14(7), 779-789.
Cardiovascular disease and hypertension
Feinstein, M., Liu, K., Ning, H., Fitchett, G., Lloyd-Jones, DM (2012). Incidence of cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical cardiovascular disease between young adulthood and middle age across levels of religious involvement: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Preventive Medicine, 54(2):117-21.
Feinstein, M., Liu, K., Ning, H., Fitchett, G., & Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (2010). Burden of cardiovascular risk factors, subclinical atherosclerosis, and incident cardiovascular events across dimensions of religiosity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation, 121(5), 659-66.
Fitchett G., & Powell, L. H. (2009). Daily spiritual experiences, systolic blood pressure and hypertension among midlife women in SWAN. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37 (3), 257-267. DOI: 10.1007/s12160-009-911-y
Health care chaplaincy and clinical pastoral education
Health care chaplaincy
Fitchett, G., Tartaglia, A., Dodd-McCue, D., & Murphy, P.
(2012). Educating chaplains for research literacy: results of a national survey of Clinical Pastoral Education residency programs. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. [Online] 66 (1), 3, 1-12. (ACPE Research Network, Article-of-the-Month, April, 2012).
Fitchett, G., Grossoehme, D. (2012). Health care chaplaincy as a research-informed profession. In S Roberts (Ed.), Professional spiritual and pastoral Care: a practical clergy and chaplain’s handbook (pp. 387-406). Woodstock, VY: SkyLight Paths Publishing.
Lyndes, K. A.,Fitchett, G., Berlinger, N., Cadge, W., Misasi, J., & Flanagan, E. (2012). A survey of chaplains’ roles in pediatric palliative care: integral members of the team. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 18(1-2):74-93. DOI:10.1080/08854726.2012.667332
Fitchett, G., Lyndes, K. A., Cadge, W., Berlinger, N., Flanagan, E., & Misasi, J. (2011). The role of professional chaplains on pediatric palliative care teams: perspectives from physicians and chaplains. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(6):704-707. DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0523
McCurdy. D.B., & Fitchett, G. (2011). Ethical issues in case study publication: “Making our case(s)” ethically. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 17(1-2): 55-74.DOI:10.1080/08854726.2011.559855.
Murphy, P. E., & Fitchett, G. (2010). Introducing chaplains to research: “This could help me.” Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 16(3-4), 79-94. (ACPE Research Network, Article-of-the-Month, November, 2010).
Fitchett, G., King, S. D. W., & Vandenheck, A. (2010). Education of chaplains in psycho-oncology. In J. C. Holland, W. S. Breitbart, P. B. Jacobson, M. S. Lederberg, M. J. Loscalzo, & R. McCorkle (Eds.), Psycho-Oncology, 2nd edition (pp. 605-609). New York: Oxford University Press.
Fitchett. G. (2009). Building our case with cases, Jewish Spiritual Care Journal, 9(1), 5-10.
Fitchett, G., Rasinski, K., Cadge, W., Curlin, F. A. (2009). Physicians' experience and satisfaction with chaplains: A national survey. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169, 1808-1810.
Lyndes, K. A., Fitchett, G., Thomason, C. L., Berlinger, N., & Jacobs, M. R. (2008). Chaplains and quality improvement: Can we make our case by improving our care? Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 15, 65-79.
Fitchett, G. (2003). Health care chaplaincy as a research-informed profession: How we get there. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 12(1&2), 67-72.
Fitchett G, Bradshaw A. K., & Gibbons, G. D. (2003). Chaplains and research: "I feel a little excited." Ministry, Society, and Theology, 17(1&2), 90-104.
Fitchett, G., Meyer, P., & Burton, L. A. (2000). Spiritual care: Who requests It? Who needs it? Journal of Pastoral Care, 54, 173-186.
Fitchett, G. (1993). Hospital memorial services: Who attends? The Caregiver Journal, 10(2), 8-44.
Emblen, J. Q., Fitchett, G., Farran, C. J., & Burck, J. R. (1992). Identifying parameters of spiritual need. The Caregiver Journal 8(2), 44-50.
Fitchett, G. (1991). The medical captivity of religion and health. Journal of Pastoral Care, 45, 280-287.
Clinical pastoral education
Fitchett, G., Tartaglia, A., Dodd-McCue, D., & Murphy, P. (2012). Educating chaplains for research literacy: results of a national survey of Clinical Pastoral Education residency programs. Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. [Online] 66 (1), 3, 1-12. (ACPE Research Network, Article-of-the-Month, April, 2012).
Fitchett, G., & Johnson, M. (2001). Intimate sexual contact in the CPE supervisor-student relationship. Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry, 21, 90-112.
Bergstrom, S. H., Guilbeault, P. L., & Fitchett, G. (1997). Factors affecting choice of a CPE center. Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry, 17, 112-121.
Fitchett, G., & Gray, G. T. (1994). Evaluating the outcome of Clinical Pastoral Education: A test of the Clinical Ministry Assessment Profile. Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry,15, 3-22.
Spiritual assessment
Fitchett, G. (forthcoming 2012). Next steps for spiritual assessment in health care. In M. Cobb, C. Puchalski, & B. Rumbold (Eds.), Oxford textbook of spirituality in healthcare. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Fitchett, G., & Canada, A. L. (2010). The role of religion/spirituality in coping with cancer: Evidence, assessment, and intervention. In J. C. Holland, W. S. Breitbart, P. B. Jacobson, M. S. Lederberg, M. J. Loscalzo, & R McCorkle (Eds.) Psycho-Oncology, 2nd edition (pp. 440-446). New York: Oxford University Press.
Fitchett, G. & Handzo, G. F. (1998). Spiritual assessment, screening, and intervention. In J.C. Holland et al. (Eds), Psycho-Oncology. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 790-808.
Measurement of religion and spirituality
Murphy, P. E., Canada, A., Fitchett, G., Stein, K., Portier, K., Crammer, C., & Peterman, A. H. (2010). An examination of the three factor model and structural invariance across racial/ethnic groups for the FACIT-Sp: A report from the American Cancer Society's Study of Cancer Survivors-II (SCS-II). Psycho-Oncology, 19: 264-272.
Canada, A. L., Murphy, P. E., Fitchett, G., Peterman, A. H., & Schover, L. R. (2008). A 3-factor model for the FACIT-Sp. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 908-916.
Peterman, A. H., Fitchett, G., Brady, M. J., Hernandez, L., & Cella, D. (2002). Measuring spiritual well-being in people with cancer: The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp). Annals of Behavioral Medicine 24, 49-58.
Scott, E. L, Agresti, A. A., & Fitchett, G. (1998). Factor analysis of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale and its clinical utility with psychiatric inpatients. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 37, 314-321.
Other
Lewis, T.T., Yang, F.M., Jacobs, E.A., Fitchett, G. (2012). Racial/ethnic differences in responses to the everyday discrimination scale: a differential item functioning analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology. 175(5):391-401.