Complex sentence: Apart from whether prayer effectively heals those who ask, research proposes that prayer has other benefits, e.g. in May 2011 a study was conducted that suggested a "significant specific indirect effect" between meditative prayer and hope, adult attachment, and forgiveness.
Split into simpler sentences: Apart from whether prayer effectively heals those who ask, research proposes that prayer has other benefits. In May 2011 a study was conducted that suggests a "significant specific indirect effect" between meditative prayer and hope, adult attachment, and forgiveness.