PUBLICATIONS
Books. Journal articles. Chapters
Books
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
2019
Psych of Religion & Place Concept Analysis
Counted, Victor and Watts, Fraser. “Defining the Psychology of Religion and Place: A Concept Analysis.” In: V. Counted & F. Watts (Eds.), The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives (pp. 307-334). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Intro to Psychology of Religion and Place
Counted, Victor and Watts, Fraser. “An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion and Place.” In: V. Counted & F. Watts (Eds.), The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives (pp.1-12). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Religion, Place and Attachment
Counted, Victor. “Religion, Place and Attachment: An Evaluation of Conceptual Frameworks.” In: V. Counted & F. Watts (Eds.), The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives (pp.33-48). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Spirituality & Migrant integration
Counted, Victor. “The Role of Spirituality in Promoting Sense of Place among Foreigners of African Background in the Netherlands.” Ecopsychology 11(2), 101–109
A Rejoinder on place spirituality
Counted, Victor and Fraser Watts. “A Space of Transition and Transaction: A rejoinder to selected commentaries on place spirituality.” Archive for the Psychology of Religion 41(1), 43–52
Place Spirituality & attachment theory
Counted, Victor and Hetty Zock. “Place Spirituality: an attachment perspective.” Archive for the Psychology of Religion 41(1), 12–25
Sense of Place & Quality of Life
Counted, Victor. “Sense of Place Attitudes and Quality of Life Outcomes among African Residents in a Multicultural Australian Society.” Journal of Community Psychology 47(2), 338-355
Religious and Place Attachment Processes
Counted, Victor. “Religious and Place Attachment: A Cascade of Parallel Processes.” In: V. Counted & F. Watts (Eds.), The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives (pp.167-182). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Why Attachment Matters 4 Quality of Life
Counted, Victor. “How and Why Environmental and Religious Attachment Matters for Quality of Life.” In: V. Counted & F. Watts (Eds.), The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives (pp.pp 285-306). New York: Palgrave MacMillan
Sense of place in a Migration Context
Counted, Victor, Ahmed A. Moustafa, and Andre Renzaho. “Migration and socio-demographic factors associated with the sense of place attitudes of sub-Saharan Africans in northern and western Netherlands.” Journal of Community Psychology 47(2), 238-253.
Analysis of African Diaspora Religion
Counted, Victor. African Christian Diaspora Religion and/or spirituality: A concept analysis and reinterpretation. Critical Research in Religion 7(1), 58-79
2018
Religion, Place, and Health in Migrants
Counted, Victor, Adam Possamai, Cameron McAuliffe, and Tanya Meade. “Attachment to Australia, Attachment to God, and Quality of Life Outcomes in African Christian Diaspora.” Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Relational Spirituality & Quality of life
Counted, Victor, Adam Possamai, and Tanya Meade. “Relational Spirituality and Quality of Life 2007 to 2017: An integrative research review.” Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 16:75
Pastoral Juxtaposition in Spiritual Care
Counted, Victor and Joseph R. Miller. “Pastoral Juxtaposition in Spiritual Care: Toward a caregiving faith theology in an evangelical Christian context.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(2), a4630.
The circle of place spirituality model
Counted, Victor. “The Circle of Place Spirituality: Toward a motivational systems theory in the psychology of religion.” Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion 29, 149-178.
Attachment & Caregiving Faith in Migrants
Counted, Victor. “Global avoidant attachment predicts indicators of caregiving faith in Australian-based African Christians in New South Wales.” Journal for the Academic Study of Religion 30(1): 55-74.
Domains of Religious Coping behaviour
Counted, Victor. “Domains of Religious Coping Behaviour among African Christians in New South Wales, Australia: An exploratory qualitative study.” Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 21(3), 215-236.
2017
Place Attachment in the Bible
Counted, Victor and Fraser Watts. “Place Attachment in the Bible: The role of attachment to sacred places in religious life.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 45(3), 218-232 [
Attachment & Terrorism
Counted, Victor. “Attachment Theory and Religious Violence: Theorizing Adult Religious Psychopathology.” Journal for the Study of Religion 30(1), 78-109.
Attachment & Authenticity Tendencies
Counted, Victor and Ahmed A. Moustafa. “Between God and Self: Exploring the attachment to God and authenticity/inauthenticity tendencies of South African Christian youths.” Mental Health, Religion & Culture 20(2), 109-127
2016
The Psychology of Youth Faith Formation
Counted, Victor. “The psychology of youth faith formation: A Care-giving Faith?” Journal of Youth and Theology 15 (2): 146 – 172
Making Sense of Place Attachment
Counted, Victor. “Making Sense of Place Attachment: Towards a Holistic Understanding of People-place Relationships and Experiences.” Environment, Space, & Place, 8(1), 7-32.
Missionising Youth Identity Crisis
Counted, Victor. “Missionising Youth Identity Crisis: Towards a missional hermeneutic of care in youth ministry practice.” Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 41(1), 82-102.
Self-Authenticity in African Millennials
Counted, Victor. “Being Authentic is the New Image: A study of authenticity and selfhood among south African Christian millennials.” Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 19(3), 268–294.
God as an Attachment figure
Counted, Victor. “God as an Attachment Figure: A Case Study of the God Attachment Language and God Concepts of Anxiously Attached Christian Youths in South Africa.” Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 18(4), 316-346.
Internet Inequality & Innovation in Africa
Counted, Victor and Joyce Arawole. “‘We Are Connected, But Constrained': Internet Inequality and the Challenges of Millennials in Africa as Actors in Innovation.” Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5(3), 1-21.
2015
Attachment, God Images, & God Concepts
Counted, Victor. “God Images and God Concepts: Towards a pastoral hermeneutic of the God attachment experience.” Verbum et Ecclesia 36(1), a1389.
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