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1 Vita Ronald J. Morris Department of Psychology University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Birth: July 5, l954 EDUCATION BS MS MS University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Criminal Justice (magna cum laude). May, l976 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Psychology: Industrial/Organizational. May, l979 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Psychology: Research - Personality/Social Concentration Thesis: Are the Intrinsically Religious Only Apparently Less Prejudiced: A Second Look at Religious Orientation, Social Desirability, and Prejudice. August l984 TEACHING APPOINTMENTS Instructor -part time, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga l979 to Instructor - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga l990 to 1994 Clinical Assistant Professor-- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1994 to present. Courses taught include Introductory Psychology, Introductory Statistics, Lab Research Methods, Field Research Methods, Psychology of Adolescence, Psychology of Adjustment, Differential Psychology, Psychology of Religion and Social Psychology. CONSULTING APPOINTMENTS Paid research consultant - June, l98l to August, l983. Advised on collection and analysis of human factors simulation data on nuclear power plant operators for General Physics Corporation, Chattanooga Branch. Research associate - January, 1989 to present. Advised on collection and analysis of data for the Office of Planning Evaluation and Institutional Research at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Appointed Student Member, Research Self-Study Committee. March l980 - October l980. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Religious Research Association Association for the Sociology of Religion PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

2 GRANTS AWARDED CECA/Development/Research/CCI Grant UT Chattanooga 1993 PAPER PRESENTATIONS 1. Morris, R.J. The generalizability of Intrinsic /Extrinsic orientation. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, l Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J. and Stern, R. Knowledge and experience criteria in the report of mystical experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, October, l Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W. Religious Orientation, Report of Mystical Experience and Attitudes Toward Death. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Eliciting religious imagery in an isolation tank situation. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. The empirical identification and utilization of Lifton's Modes of Death Transcendence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland, October, l98l. 6. Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. An investigation of Lifton's modes of death transcendence in an aged population. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Providence, Rhode Island, October, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Conclusion on quest: A Critical Rejoinder to Batson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Knoxville, Tennessee, October, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Are the Intrinsically Religious only apparently Less Prejudiced? A Second Look at Religious Orientation, Social Desirability and Prejudice. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Knoxville, Tennessee, October, l Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W., Sin and Self in the Religious and Anti-Religious Person. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Knoxville, Tennessee, October, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J., Elication of Visual and Auditory images in Low and High Intrinsic Persons. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, Illinois, October, l984.

3 11. Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J., Toward a theory of Self and Self Loss in Mysticism. Paper present at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, llinois, October, l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Boundary Maintenance Among Fundamentalists and Preference for Reagan. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Savannah, Georgia, October, l Hood, Ralph W. Jr., and Morris, R. J. Intrinsic and Indiscriminate Pro Response to Humor as a Function of Cartoon Content and Social Prompting. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Washington, D.C., October, l Hood, Ralph W., Jr. and Morris, R. J. Religious Orientation and Prayer Experience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association, Louisville, Kentucky, October/November, l Morris, R J,., Aldridge, C.S., & Hood, Ralph W., Jr. Grade Achievement and Volunteer Participation Among Religious Types: A Quasi-Experimental Investigation. Paper presented at annual joint meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, October, l Bradley, C., Morris, R. J., & Hood, R.W., Jr. The most preferred parent hypothesis as a determinant of God image among intrinsic and extrinsic adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., March, l Hood, Ralph W. Jr., & Morris, R. J. Quasi-Experimental Elicitation of the Differential Report of Religious Experience Among Religious Types Under Isolation Tank Conditions. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, l Hood, R. W. Jr., & Morris, R.J. An Empirical Test of Carroll s Thesis on the Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Virginia Beach, Virginia, November, Hood, R. W. Jr., & Morris, R. J. Dreams as Marginal Religious Experiences: Report of Mystical Experience and Its Relationship to Dream Recall. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November, Morris, R. J. and Hood, R. W. Jr. Dreams as Marginal Religious Experiences: Report of Mystical Experience and Its Relationship to Components of Imaginal Life. Annual Meeting of the Southeasatern Psychological Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, March, Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Religious Dream Experiences: A Preliminary Investigation. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Washington, D.C., November 1992.

4 22. Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J., & Harvey, D.K. Religiousity, prayer, and their relationship to mystical experience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association, Raleigh, North Carolina, October, Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J., & Hickman, S.E. Semantic differential evaluation and potency ratings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X among lower-class males. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Raleigh, North Carolina, October, Hickman, S.E., Watson, P.J., & Morris, R.J. Optimism, pessimism, and the complexity of narcissism. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, Williamson, P., Morris, R. J. & Hood, R. W. Prayer as a predictor of spiritual and existential well being. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, Missouri, October Hood, R. W. and Morris, R. J. Adult attachment style as a predictor of the report of mystical experience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Nashville, Tennessee, November Hood, R. W. and Morris, R. J. Evaluation of the legitimacy of conversion experience as a function of the five signs in Mark 16. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Diego, California, November Hood, R. W., Williamson, W. P., and Morris, R. J. Changing views of serpent handling: a quasi-experimental study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston,, November Ghorbani, N., Watson, P. J., Gharameleki, A., Morris, R. J., and Hood, R. W. Jr. Religious Orientation Scales: Distinctions, Correlations, and Cross-Cultural Analysis in Iran and the Untied States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Boston, November Adair, M., Adair, J., Morris, R. J., and Hood, R. W. Jr. Spiritual growth as predictors of change in health status and compliance: A quasi-experimental interventionisht study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Houston, Texas, October, Ghorbani, N., Ghramaleki, A., Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., & Hood, R. W. Jr. Cross- cultrual comparison of self-reported mystical experience in Iran and the United States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Houston, Texas, October, Trumpeter, N., Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., & Culhane, S. E. (2005, April). Narcissism and self-esteem in the presence of imagined others. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN.

5 33. Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., Loy, T., Hamrick, M. B., & Grizzle, S. Beliefs about sin: Adaptive implications in relationships with religious orientation, self-esteem, and measures of the narcissistic, depressed and anxious self. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Christian Psychology, Chattanooga, TN, October, Watson, P. J., & Morris, R. J. (2007, September). Self-control within a Christian ideological surround: Relationships with religious orientation, sin-related beliefs, and psychological adjustment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Christian Psychology, Nashville, TN. PUBLICATIONS 1. Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W. (l980). Generalizability and Specificity of Intrinsic/Extrinsic Religious Orientation. Review of Religious Research, 22, Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W. (l980). Religious and Unity Criteria of Baptists and Nones in the Report of Mystical Experience. Psychological Reports, 46, Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l980). A Critical Rejoinder to "Empirical Taxonomy of Religious Individuals: An investigation among college students." Sociological Analysis, 4 l, Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l98l). Sensory Isolation and the Differential Report of Visual Imagery in Intrinsic and Extrinsic subjects. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 20, 26l Hood R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l98l). Knowledge and Experience Criteria in the Report of Mystical Experience. Review of Religious Research, 23, Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l983). Toward a Theory of Death Transcendence. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 22, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l984). Religious Orientation, Humanistic Values, and Narcissism. Review of Religious Research, 25, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J. and Hall, J.R. (l984). Empathy, Religious Orientation, and Social Desirability. The Journal of Psychology, ll7, 2ll-2l6. 9. Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l985). Conceptualization of Quest: A Critical Rejoinder to Batson. Review of Religious Research, 26, 39l Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. (l985). Boundary Maintenance, Social-political views, and Presidental preference among High and Low Fundamentalists. Review of Religious Research, 27, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J. and Hall, J.R. (l985). Religiosity, Sin, and Self Esteem. Journal of Psychology and Theology, l3, ll6-l28.

6 12. Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., and Morris, R.J. (l985.) Dimensions of Religiosity and Empathy. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 4, Hood, R.W., Jr., Morris, R.J., and Watson, P.J. (1986). Maintenance of Religious Fundamentalism. Psychological Reports, 59, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., Foster, J.E., and Hood, R.W. (l986). Religiosity and Social Desirability. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 25, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J. and Hall, J.R. (l987). The Relationship between Religiosity and Narcissism. Counseling and Values, 31, Watson, P.J., Taylor, D., and Morris, R.J. (1987). Narcissism, Sex Roles, and Self Functioning. Sex Roles, 16, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1987). Antireligious Humanistic Values, Guilt, and Self Esteem. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 26, Watson, P.J., Howard, R., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Morris, R.J. (1988). Age and Religious Orientation. Review of Religious Research, 29, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., Foster, S.G., and Morris, R.J. (1988). Sin, Depression, and Narcissism. Review of Religious Research, 29, Watson, P.J., McKinney, J., Hawkins, C., and Morris, R.J. (1988). Assertiveness and Narcissism. Psychotherapy, 25, Watson, P.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Morris, R.J. (1988). Existential Confrontation and Religiosity. Counseling and Values, 33, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1988). Sin and Self-Functioning, Part 1: Grace, Guilt, and Self Consciousness. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 16, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1988). Sin and Self-Functioning, Part 2: Grace, Guilt, and Psychological Adjustment. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 16, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1988). Sin and Self-Functioning, Part 3: The Psychology and Ideology of Irrational Beliefs. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 16, Morris, R.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Watson, P.J. (1989). A Second Look at Religious Orientation, Social Desirability, and Prejudice. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 27, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1989). Intrinsicness, Religious Self-Love, and Narcissism. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 8 (1),

7 27. Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1989). Sin and Self-Functioning, Part 4: Depression, Assertiveness, and Religious Commitments. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 17, Hood, R.W., Jr., Morris, R.J., and Watson, P.J. (1989). The Differential Report of Prayer Experience and Religious Orientation. Review of Religious Research, 31, [Also reprinted in L. J. Francis & Astley (Eds.), Psychological Perspectives on Prayer (pp ). Leominster, Herefordshire: Gracewing Publishing, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1989). Sin and Self-Functioning, Part 5: Antireligious Humanistic Values, Individulaism, and the Community. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 17, Brodsky, D.M., Morris, R.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Swansborough, R.H. (1989). Religion and Partisan Change. Southeastern Political Review, 17, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1989). Interactional Factor Correlations with Means and End Religiousness. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 28, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Biderman, M.D. (1990). Religious Orientation Types and Narcissism. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 9 (1), Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1990). Intrinsicness, Self- Actualization, and the Ideological Surround. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 18, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1990). Attributional Complexity, Religious Orientation, and Indiscriminate Proreligiousness. Review of Religious Research, 32, Hood, R.W., Jr., Morris, R.J., and Watson, P.J. (1990). Quasi-Experimental Elicitation of the Differential Report of Religious Experience among Intrinsic and Indiscriminately Pro Religious Types. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 29, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., Hood, R.W., Jr., and Folbrecht, J. (1990). Dependency, "Irrationality," and Community. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 18, Watson, P.J., Folbrecht, J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr.(1990). Values, "Irrationality," and Religiousness. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 18, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1990) Extrinsic Factors: Correlations and Construction of Religious Orientation Types. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 9, (3), Watson, P.J. and Morris, R.J. (1990). Irrational Beliefs and the Problem of Narcissism. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, Watson, P.J. and Morris, R.J. (1991). Narcissism, Empathy, and Social Desirability. Personality and Individual Differences, 12,

8 41. Hood, R.W., Jr., Morris, R.J. and Watson, P.J. (1991). Male Commitment to the Cult of the Virgin Mary and the Passion of Christ as a Function of Early Maternal Bonding. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 1, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1992). Quest and Identity within a Religious Ideological Surround. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 20, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., and Hood, R.W., Jr. (1993). Mental Health, Religion, and the Ideology of Irrationality. In D.O. Moberg and M.L. Lynn (Eds.) Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Vol. 5. (pp ). Greenwich, CT.: Jai Press. 44. Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., & Hood, R.W., Jr. (1994). Religion and rationality: I. Rationalemotive and religious understanding of perfectionism and other irrationalities. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 13, Watson, P.J., Morris, R.J., & Hood, R.W., Jr. (1994). Religion and rationality: II. Comparative analysis of rational-emotive and intrinsically religious rationalities. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 13, Hood, R.W., Jr., Morris, R.J., & Watson, P.J. (1993). Further factor analysis of Hood's Mysticism Scale. Psychological Reports, 73, Watson, P.J., & Morris, R.J. (1994). Communal orientation and individualism: Factors and correlations with values, social adjustment, and self-esteem. Journal of Psychology, 128, Watson, P.J., Hickman, S.E., Morris, R.J., Milliron, J.T., & Whiting, L. (1995). Narcissism, self-esteem, and parental nurturance. Journal of Psychology, 129, Watson, P.J., Hickman, S.E., Morris, R.J., Stutz, N.S., & Whiting, L. (1994). Complexity of self-consciousness subscales: Correlations of factors with self-esteem and dietary restraint. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, Hood, R. W., Morris, R. J., Hickman, S. E., & Watson, P. J. (1995) Martin and Malcolm as cultural icons: An empirical study comparing lower class African-American and White males. Review of Religious Research, 36, Watson, P. J., Milliron, J. T., & Morris, R. J. (1995) Social desirability scales and teories of suicide: Correlations with alienation and self-consciousness. Personality and Individual Differences, 18, Reeves, A. L., Watson, P. J., Ramsey, A., & Morris, R. J. (1995) Private self-consciousness factors, need for cognition, and depression. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10, Watson, P. J., Milliron, J. T., Morris, R. J., & Hood, R. W. (1995) Locus of control within a religious ideological surround. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 14,

9 54. Watson, P. J., Milliron, J. T., Morris, R. J., & Hood, R. W. (1995) Religion and the self as text: Toward a Christian translation of self-actualization. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 23, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., Ramsey, A., Hickman, S. E. & Waddell, M. G. (1996) Further contrasts between self- reflectiveness and internal state awareness factors of private selfconsciousness. Journal of Psychology, 130, Hickman, S. E., Watson, P. J., & Morris, R. J. (1996) Optimism, pessimism, and the complexity of narcissism. Personality and Individual Differences, 20, Watson, P. J., Hickman, S. E., & Morris, R. J. (1996) Self-reported narcissism and shame: testing the defensive self-esteem and continuum hypotheses. Personality and Individual Differences, 21, Watson, P. J., Sherbak J., & Morris, R. J. (1998) Irrational beliefs, individualismcollectivism, and adjustment. Personality and Individual Differences,24, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., Hood, R. W., Milliron, J. T., & Stutz, N. L. (1998) Religious orientation, identity, and the quest for meaning in ethics within and ideological surround. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion,8, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., & Miller, L. ( ). Narcissism and the Self as Continuum: Correlations with Assertiveness and Hypercompetitiveness. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality,17, Hood, Ralph, W. Jr., Williamson, W. P., & Morris, R. J. (1999) Evaluation of the Legitimacy of Conversion Experience as a Function of the Five Signs of Mark 16. Review of Religious Research, 41, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., Hood, R. W. Jr., Miller, L., & Waddell, M. G. (1999) Religion and the experiential system: Relationships of constructive thinking with religious orientation. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion,9, Watson, P. J., Varnell, S. P., & Morris, R. J. ( )Self-reported narcissism and perfectionism: an ego-psychologicalperspective and the continuum hypothesis. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality,19, Ghorbani, N., Watson, P. J., & Morris, R. J. (2000) Personality, stress, and mental health: Evidence of relationships in a sample of Iranian managers. Personality and Individual Differences, 2000, 28, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., & Miller, L. (2001) Irrational beliefs, attitudes about competition, and splitting. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57 (3), Hood, R. W. Jr., Williamson, W. P., & Morris, R. J. (2000) Changing views of serpent handling: A quasi-experimental study. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,39,

10 67. Ghorbani, N., Watson P. J., Ghramakki, A. F., Morris, R. J. & Hood, R. W. Jr. (2000) Muslim attitudes towards religion scale: factors,validity, and complexity of relationships with mental health in Iran. Mental Health,Religion, and Culture,3, Hood, R. W., Jr., Ghorbani, N., Watson, P. J., Ghramaleki, A. F., Bing, M. N., Davison, H. K., Morris, R. J., & Williamson, W. P. (2001) Dimensions of the Mysticism Scale: confirming the three-factor structure in the United States and Iran. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,40, Watson, P. J. & Morris, R. J.(2002) Individualist and collectivist values: hypotheses suggested by Alexis de Tocqueville, Journal of Psychology, 136, Ghorbani, N., Watson P. J., Ghramakki, A. F., Morris, R. J. & Hood, R. W. Jr. (2002) Muslim-Christian religious orientation scales: distinctions, correlations, and crosscultural analysis in Iran and the United States. International Journal for the Psychology Religion,12, Watson, P. J., Sawyers, P., Morris, R. J., Carpenter, M., Jimenez, R. S., Jonas, K. A., & Robinson, D. L. (2003) Reanalysis within a Christian ideological surround: Relationships of intrinsic religious orientation with fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 31, Watson, P. J., Ross, D. F., & Morris, R. J. (2003) Borderline personality traits correlate with death penalty decisions. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, Watson, P. J., Jones, N. D., & Morris, R. J. (2004). Religious orientation and attitudes towards money: Relationships with narcissism and the influence of gender. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 7, Watson, P. J., & Morris, R. J. (2005). Spiritual Experience Index and identity: Relationships with religious orientation, religious interest, and intolerance of ambiguity. Review of Religious Research, 46, Watson, P. J., Trumpeter, N., O'Leary, B. J., Morris, R. J. & Culhane, S. E. ( ). Narcissism and self-esteem in the presence of imagined others: Supportive versus destructive object representations and the continuum hypothesis. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 25, Watson, P. J., & Morris, R. J. (2006). Intolerance of ambiguity within a religious ideological surround: Christian translations and relationships with religious orientation, need for cognition, and uncertainty response. Archive fur Religionspsychologie, 28, Watson, P. J., Morris, R. J., Loy, T., Hamrick, M. B., & Grizzle, S. (2007). Beliefs about sin: Adaptive implications in relationships with religious orientation, self-esteem, and measures of the narcissistic, depressed and anxious self. Edification: Journal of the Society for Christian Psychology, 1,

11 78. Watson, P. J. & Morris, R. M. (2008). Self-control within a Christian ideological surround. Edification: Journal of the Society for Christian Psychology, 2(2), Measurement scale known as the Death Transcendence Scale developed with Ralph W. Hood was archived in the American Psychology Association Archive of Psychological Assessments in Editorial Review: Review of one or more manuscripts for the following publications: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Review of Religious Research The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Special issue of the Turkish Journal of Psychology of Religion