Table of Contents

Metaphysical Motivation: An Expectancy-Value Perspective on Why Religious Beliefs Motivate. Values, Religion, and Motivation. Goals and Regulations of Religiosity: A Motivational Analysis. Choosing to Stay Religious in a Modern World: Socialization and Exploration Processes Leading to an Integrated Internalization of Religion Among Israeli Jewish Youth. Personal Religion and Prosocial Motivation. Religious Beliefs and their Relationship to Cognition, Motivation, and Behavior. Morality's Conundrum: A Question of Motivation. Personal Investment Theory: Understanding Religious, Spiritual and Faith Development of Students. Religion, Motivation and Schooling in East Asia and the United States. An Introduction to Hindu India's Contemplative Psychological Perspectives on Human Motivation, Self, and Development. The Asian Indian Hindu Adolescent in America: Religious Identity and the Need to Belong. A Psychological Analysis of Religious Motivation with a Focus on Islam and the Middle East. Religious Affiliation as a Source of Cultural Difference in Achievement Motivation.