Scott A. Desmond
Social Sciences · Indiana University
Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyCrime Patterns and InterventionsReligion and Society InteractionsReligion, Society, and DevelopmentHomelessness and Social Issues
Publications
52
Citations
1,546
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
31
Publishing since 1996
Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
Recent publications
- “Honesty is the Best Policy”: Adolescent Religiosity, Concealing Information, and Alcohol Use
Deviant Behavior · 2026
- “Exceptional Bodies” and Lived Religion: Religious and Spiritual Experiences Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 2025
- Measuring Religious Evil: Examining the Use of Single-Item Measures in Religious Research
Review of Religious Research · 2024
- Religiosity and Secular and Ascetic Deviance
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 2023
- Religion, future orientation, and subjective well-being among emerging adults
Mental Health Religion & Culture · 2023
- Working for God: Religion and Occupational Crime and Deviance
Deviant Behavior · 2022
- Sympathy for the Devil: Belief in Satan and Moral Beliefs
Deviant Behavior · 2022
- “Every Sinner Has a Future”: Religiosity, Future Orientation, Self-Control, and Marijuana Use
Religions · 2022
- Mis-Framing of Sex Trafficking in News Reports
IGI Global eBooks · 2022
- Secrets and Lies: Adolescent Religiosity and Concealing Information from Parents
Religions · 2019
- Secrets and Lies: Adolescent Religiosity and Concealing Information from Parents
Publisher · 2019
- “Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice”: religion and life satisfaction among emerging adults in the United States
Mental Health Religion & Culture · 2018
- Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Handbooks of sociology and social research · 2016
Publishes in
- Deviant Behavior×3
- Mental Health Religion & Culture×2
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion×2
- Religions×2
- Handbooks of sociology and social research×1
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Last updated Jul 9, 2026.
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