Spirituality, Health, and Addiction Recovery Psychology (SHARP) Lab

The SHARP Lab is focused on spirituality and health, including ritualistic, theistic, and existential spirituality, forgiveness, temptation, existangst, suicidal behavior, and addiction recovery.

Short Biography

Jon R. Webb, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Addictive Disorders and Recovery Studies Program Director in the Department of Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of Texas. He is currently working on an authored book contract with Routledge, entitled Understanding Forgiveness and Addiction: Theory, Research, and Clinical Application.

Research Opportunities

Email Dr. Webb at jon.r.webb@ttu.edu

 

Recent Publications 

Hall, B. B., Webb, J. R., & Hirsch, J. K. (2020).  Spirituality and suicidal behavior: The mediating role of self-forgiveness and psychache. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 12(1), 36-44. doi: 10.1037/rel0000182

Webb, J. R., & Toussaint, L. L. (2020). Forgiveness, well-being, and mental health. In E. L. Worthington, Jr., & N. G. Wade (Eds.), Handbook of forgiveness (2nd Edition; pp. 188–197). NY: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351123341-18

Toussaint, L. L., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Williams, D. R., & Webb, J. R. (2020). Forgiveness and physical health. In E. L. Worthington, Jr., & N. G. Wade (Eds.), Handbook of forgiveness (2nd Edition; pp. 178–187). NY: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781351123341-17

Kelliher Rabon, J., Webb, J. R., Chang, E. C., & Hirsch, J. K. (2019). Forgiveness and suicidal behavior in primary care: Mediating role of future orientation. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 21(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/19349637.2018.1469454

Webb, J. R. (2018). Forgiveness, addiction, and suicide. In J. K. Hirsch, E. C. Chang, & J. Kelliher Rabon (Eds.), A positive psychological approach to suicide: Theory, research, and prevention (pp. 37–58). NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-03225-8_3

Dangel, T., & Webb, J. R. (2018). Forgiveness and substance use problems among college students: Psychache, depressive symptoms, and hopelessness as mediators. Journal of Substance Use, 23(6), 618-625. doi: 10.1080/14659891.2018.1489003

Dangel, T., McBee, M. T., & Webb, J. R. (2018). An analysis of the psychache scale in college student problematic drinkers. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 17(3), 147-154. doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000135

Krentzman, A. R., Webb, J. R., Jester, J. M., & Harris, J. I. (2018). Longitudinal relationship between forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others among individuals with alcohol use disorders. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10(2), 128-137. doi: 10.1037/rel0000152

Dangel, T., Webb, J. R., & Hirsch, J. K. (2018). Forgiveness and suicidal behavior: Cynicism and psychache as serial mediators. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 152(2), 77-95. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2017.1408555

Webb, J. R., & Toussaint, L. L. (2018). Self-forgiveness as a critical factor in addiction and recovery: A 12-step model perspective. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 36(1), 15-31. doi: 10.1080/07347324.2017.1391057