Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 20.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Manuscript Invitation -- Couples Viewing Marriage and Pregnancy through the Lens of the Sacred: A Descriptive Study (Annette Mahoney, Kenneth I. Pargament, and Alfred DeMaris) -- Contemporary Conversions: Compensatory Needs or Self-Growth Motives? (Coralie Buxant, Vassilis Saroglou, and Jacques Scheuer) -- Alternative Spiritualities: Different Personalities? An Enquiry Concerning Paranormal Beliefs and Traditional Religiosity (Leslie J. Francis and Emyr Williams) -- Spiritual and Psychological Health of Malaysian Youths (Syed S. Imam, Abu S. Nurullah, Pute R. Makol-Abdul, Saodah A. Rahman, and Hazizan M. Noon) -- Cultural Psychology of Religion: Profi le of an Interdisciplinary Approach (Jacob A. Belzen) -- The Utility of the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) Scale with Christians and Buddhists in Sri La nka (Ralph L. Piedmont, Mary Beth Werdel, and Mario Fernando) -- Introduction to Special Section: Islam and Mental Health: Fertile Ground for Research (Mark M. Leach) -- Post-Critical Beliefs in Iran: Predicting Religious and Psychological F unctioning (Nima Ghorbani, P. J. Watson, Kadijeh Shamohammadi, and Christopher J.L. Cunningham) -- Family Privacy as Protection: A Qualitative Pilot Study of Mental Illness in Arab-American Muslim Women (Dena Hassouneh and Anahid Kulwicki) -- Pakistani Muslims Dealing with Cancer: Relationships with Religious Coping, Religious Orientation, and Psychological Distress (Ziasma Haneef Khan, Saabera Sultana, and P. J. Watson) -- The Signifi cance of Islam for Coping with Loss and Bereavement: Palestinian Children Killed in Israel (Nader Shhadi, Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, and Zvi Bekerman).

The Impact of the Explicit Integration of Islam in Counseling: Implications for Interpersonal Relationship Development T heory (Paul E. Priester and Asma Jana-Masri) -- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale in Egypt: Its Factor Structure and Relationship to Islamic Beliefs and Behaviors (Mark M. Leach, Asma Jana-Masri, and Paul E. Priester) -- Using Feminist Psychotherapy with Muslim Women (Saba Rasheed Ali) -- Authors' Biographies -- Manuscript R eviewers -- Index Names -- Subject Index.