Global Research Team
Research Professor of Sociology
Baylor University, Sociology
Matt Bradshaw is Research Professor of Sociology at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and a member of the Institute for Global Human Flourishing. His research examines the relationships between religion, health, and psychological wellbeing across the life course, with particular attention to how religious beliefs and practices — including prayer, service attendance, and perceived attachment to God — function as social and psychological resources. He also holds an adjunct professorship in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of daily smoking in adulthood
Communications Medicine · 2025
A cross-national analysis of demographic variation in daily smoking across 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in educational attainment
Scientific Reports · 2025
Analysis of demographic variation and childhood correlates of financial well-being across 22 countries
Nature Human Behaviour · 2025
Analytic methodology for childhood predictor analyses for wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Analytic methodology for demographic variation analyses for wave 1 of the global flourishing study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Association between Jewish religious observance and mental health among Israeli adults: Findings from the Global Flourishing Study
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine · 2024
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood experiences and adult prayer or meditation in 22 countries around the world
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Childhood experiences and adult self-rated physical health in 22 countries
BMC Global and Public Health · 2026 · First author
Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2025
Childhood predictors of political voice across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2026
Childhood predictors of religious reading: a cross-national analysis in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Cross-national variation in faith sharing across religious traditions
Scientific Reports · 2025
Demographic variation in self-rated physical health across 22 countries: findings from the Global Flourishing Study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025 · First author
Demographic variation in symptoms of depression and anxiety across 22 Global Flourishing Study countries
Communications Medicine · 2026 · First author
Demographic variation in weekly alcohol use across countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Communications Medicine · 2026
Identifying childhood correlates of adult purpose and meaning across 22 countries (Global Flourishing Study)
npj Mental Health Research · 2025
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mental illness, mental health, and mental well-being
npj Mental Health Research · 2026
Religious centrality across 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Religious Differences in Physical and Mental Health among Israeli Jews: Findings from the Global Flourishing Study
Journal of Religion and Health · 2024
Sociodemographic variation and childhood predictors of showing love and care for others in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Sociodemographic variation in dispositional forgivingness: a cross-national analysis with 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Spirituality, religion, and well-being among Israeli Jews: findings from the Global Flourishing Study
Mental Health, Religion & Culture · 2026
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025