Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Counted, V., Possamai, A., McAuliffe, C., & Meade, T. (2020). Attachment to Australia, Attachment to God, and Quality of Life Outcomes in African Christian Diaspora. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 22(1), 65-95 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). The Role of Spirituality in Promoting Sense of Place among Foreigners of African Background in the Netherlands. Ecopsychology 11(2), 101–109 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Watts, F. (2019). A Space of Transition and Transaction: A rejoinder to selected commentaries on place spirituality. Archive for the Psychology of Religion 41(1), 43–52 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Zock, H.T. (2019). Place Spirituality: an attachment perspective. Archive for the Psychology of Religion 41(1), 12–25 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V., Moustafa, A.A., & Renzaho, A. (2019). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). African Christian Diaspora Religion and/or spirituality: A concept analysis and re-interpretation. Critical Research in Religion 7(1), 58-79 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2018). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V., Possamai, A., & Meade, T. (2018). Relational Spirituality and Quality of Life 2007 to 2017: An integrative research review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 16:75 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2018). 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 [PDF]
Counted, V. & Miller, J.R. (2018). Pastoral Juxtaposition in Spiritual Care: Toward a caregiving faith theology in an evangelical Christian context. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(2), a4630 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Watts, F. (2017). Place Attachment in the Bible: The role of attachment to sacred places in religious life. Journal of Psychology and Theology 45(3), 218-232 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2017). Attachment Theory and Religious Violence: Theorizing Adult Religious Psychopathology. Journal for the Study of Religion 30(1), 78-109 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Moustafa, A.A. (2017). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2016). The Psychology of Youth Faith Formation: A Care-giving Faith? Journal of Youth and Theology 15 (2), 146 – 172 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2016). Making Sense of Place Attachment: Towards a Holistic Understanding of People-place Relationships and Experiences. Environment, Space, & Place, 8(1), 7-32 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2016). Missionising Youth Identity Crisis: Towards a missional hermeneutic of care in youth ministry practice. Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 41(1), 82-102 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2016). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2016). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Arawole, J. (2016). ‘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 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2015). God Images and God Concepts: Towards a pastoral hermeneutic of the God attachment experience. Verbum et Ecclesia 36(1), a1389 [PDF].
Counted, V. (2015). African Women, Religion, and Health: Essays in Honour of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye. Journal of Religion and Health 54(6), 350–354 [PDF].
Book Chapters
Counted, V. & Possamai, A. (2020). Confidence in the Australian Society, Belief in Demons, and Practice of Exorcism: Spirituality as a moderator. In: A. Possamai & G. Giordan (eds.), The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Counted, V. & Watts, F. (2019). Defining the psychology of religion and place: a concept analysis. In: V. Counted & F. Watts (eds.), Religion and Place: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). The Psychology of Place Spirituality: A Cascade of Parallel Processes. In: V. Counted & F. Watts (eds.), Religion and Place: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan [PDF].
Counted, V. & Fraser Watts. (2019). 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 [PDF].
Counted, V. & Meade, T. (2019). Why and How Environmental and Religious Attachments Matter for Health Promotion. In: V. Counted & F. Watts (eds.), Religion and Place: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan [PDF].
Counted, V. (2019). Religion, Place, and Attachment: An Evaluation of Conceptual Frameworks. In: V. Counted & F. Watts (eds.), Religion and Place: Psychological Perspectives (pp.33-48). New York: Palgrave MacMillan [PDF].
Encyclopedia Entries
Counted, V. (2020). Attachment Theory and the Study of Religion. In: Adam Possamai & Joseph Blasi (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia for the Sociology of Religion (pp.56-57). [Link]
Counted, V. (2020). Quantitative Data Research Software. In: Adam Possamai and Joseph Blasi (Eds.), SAGE Encyclopedia for the Sociology of Religion. [Link]
Media Articles
- The Conversation (2020): Migrants and the bond with God: attachment and survival are linked.
- Psychology Today! (2020): Can religious coping help bushfire survivors?
- Psychology Today! (2019): The Security of Place & Resilience
- University of Groningen News (2019): Experiencing God in a Foreign Land
- [Dutch] Nederlands Dagblad / Nederlands Daily Newspaper (2019): Band met God versterkt geestelijke veerkracht migrant / Bond with God strengthens migrant’s spiritual resilience
- [Dutch] Reformatorisch Daglad / Dutch Reformed Daily Newspaper (2019): Voor Afrikaan in Nederland is Psalm 137 erg herkenbaar / Psalm 137 is very recognizable for Africans in the Netherlands :
- [Dutch] Nieuw Wij! (2019): Kracht van religie mogelijk onderschat in Nederlands integratiebeleid voor Afrikanen / The power of religion may be underestimated in Dutch integration policy for Africans
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