Global Research Team
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Baylor University, Sociology
Rebecca Bonhag is a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, where she received her Ph.D. in Sociology. Her research examines how religion intersects with mental health, gender, family, and the sense of mattering — the degree to which individuals feel significant to others and their communities. She has published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, and Social Science Quarterly.
Childhood predictors of social support and intimate friends in a Cross-National analysis of the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Demographic Variation in Social Support and Intimate Friend Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology · 2025
Demographic variation in symptoms of depression and anxiety across 22 Global Flourishing Study countries
Communications Medicine · 2026
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025