Overview of the research
Strengths, weaknesses, and challenges
A research agenda for the field
Identifying a research question
Choosing a research design
Selecting the sample
Qualitative research
Observational studies
Clinical trials
Clinical trials with religious interventions
Definitions
Measurement I : general considerations
Measurement II : commonly used scales
Statistics I : general considerations
Statistics II : statistical tests and approaches
Confounders, mediators, and moderators
Models and mechanisms
Statistical modeling
Publishing results
Funding for research
Grant writing.