“…Quantitative research in this area has also revealed blacks with high degrees of Christian Orthodoxy Mental Health, Religion & Culture 59 exhibit fewer mental-health problems than other ethnicities (Randolph-Seng, Nielsen, Bottoms, & Filipas, 2008). Other quantitative research has found blacks to be more likely to seek help from clergy than obtain professional psychological services (Allen et al, 2010;Ezemenari & Frederick, 2009;Kane, 2010;Lesniak, Rudman, Rector, & Elkin, 2006;Lewis-Coles & Constantine, 2006); forgiveness to be strongly related to the mental health of African American women (Faison, 2007); their perceived relationship with God (Hatcher, 2001); and spirituality to be strong indicators of mental health for African Americans (Ojelade, McCray, Ashby, & Meyers, 2011).…”