Hello, and thank you for visiting my website!
My name is Seungju and this website is focused on disseminating my research on modeling
the relationship between religiousness/spirituality and health.
You can learn more about me and my ongoing research.
Broadly, my research is particularly focuses on:
Adverse and beneficial religious experiences
Mental and behavioral health
LGBTQ+ communities
Religious leaders, families, and communities
Recent News
Jul 27, 2025
The strongest supporters of Christian nationalism are the most likely to report spiritual grandiosity and inflate their sense of spirituality
In this open access paper, we examine how patterns of Christian Nationalism engagement are linked with spirituality, an area commonly overlooked. Overall, results suggest that the biggest supporters of Christian Nationalism are more less in tune with their spirituality than they may claim.
Jul 21, 2025
Measuring religious environment, and its relationship with sexual minority mental health
In a new open access paper, we show that religiousness may influence health through structural pathways. We introduce new ways of measuring 'objective' religious environment and conservative policty environment.
May 26, 2025
New Paper on Gender Disparities in Next-Gen Religious Leaders
Using a sample of male and female emerging religious leaders, we examine differences on health, spirituality, character, and more.
Apr 22, 2025
How might religiously based family expectations be associated with LGBTQ+ mental health?
My first, first-authored, paper demonstrates how religious family expectations is associated with depression, but can be buffered when LGBTQ+ people are more authentic with themselves.
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