The Fruit of Good Works

Matthew Heller, Ph.D., Psychology

Lauren Rietkerk, Graduate Student, Biotechnology

Joseph Zapata, Undergraduate, Psychology

Courtney Bitz, Undergraduate, Psychology

Cassandra Ventura-Grosz, Undergraduate, Psychology

In this session, we present research from several ongoing studies of religious, spiritual, and ethical attitudes and behaviors. The first project presents the scale-building process of the Ethical Thinking Scale, an instrument that contrasts biblical with secular worldviews on key bioethical themes. The second project is the first public presentation of data from a longitudinal study examining key factors influencing the religious and spiritual development in emerging adults.