Aaron T. McLaughlin
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Assistant Professor
Also affiliated: Georgia State University (2019–2025)
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Aaron T. McLaughlin's research investigates the intersection of religion, spirituality, and psychological well-being. His work has explored the characteristics of individuals who disengage from religious communities, examining these patterns through cross-cultural latent profile analysis. McLaughlin also studies intellectual humility, particularly its relationship with existential commitment and its expression in research content. He has conducted systematic reviews on the effectiveness of faith-based organizations supporting foster and adoptive families and investigated how individuals align with religious leaders' worldviews.
His publications also address the role of religion and spirituality in forgiveness and the social buffering hypothesis within religious disagreements. McLaughlin has contributed to methodological research in latent profile analysis, evaluating the performance of specific models. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 6, with 29 total publications and 108 total citations.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 27
- Citations: 104
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Assistant Professor 2024–presentUniversity of Central Arkansas Department of Psychology and Counseling ORCID
Selected Publications
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Spiritual and Mental Health Care for Faith Deconstruction: Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Clinical Practice with Christian “Dones” (2026)
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Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches. (2025)
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Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns (2025)
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- Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns
- Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns
- Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns
- Tradeoffs of Humility in the Face of Existential Concerns
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Cultural opportunities involving spiritual, existential, religious, or theological (SERT) themes: Three practical approaches.
- Spiritual and Mental Health Care for Faith Deconstruction: Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Clinical Practice with Christian “Dones”
- Spiritual and Mental Health Care for Faith Deconstruction: Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Clinical Practice with Christian “Dones”
- Spiritual and Mental Health Care for Faith Deconstruction: Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Clinical Practice with Christian “Dones”
- Spiritual and Mental Health Care for Faith Deconstruction: Interdisciplinary Recommendations for Clinical Practice with Christian “Dones”
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