Spiritual Development and Gratitude Among Indian Emerging Adults

Gratitude, a significant Christian value, is regarded as a duty among Indians. The present study examines the role played by spiritual development in gratitude among the Indian population. The participants were emerging Indian male adults, aged between 18 and 30 years. The first sample is from 495 C...

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Authors: Thurackal, Jobi Thomas (Author) ; Corveleyn, Jozef (Author) ; Dezutter, Jessie (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2016
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2016, 卷: 38, 发布: 1, Pages: 72-88
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 印度 / 天主教徒 / 青年人 / 宗教发展 / 神的经验 / 灵性 / 感恩
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Gratitude spiritual development emerging adulthood India Christian Catholic seminarian
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总结:Gratitude, a significant Christian value, is regarded as a duty among Indians. The present study examines the role played by spiritual development in gratitude among the Indian population. The participants were emerging Indian male adults, aged between 18 and 30 years. The first sample is from 495 Catholic Indian seminarians (267 theology students and 228 philosophy students) with intensive spiritual training, and the second is from 504 Catholic Indian nonseminarians. We use the Gratitude Questionnaire-6 and the Spiritual Assessment Inventory (sai) in the study. The results show that the factors of sai, Awareness (of God) and Realistic Experience (of God), had medium-size correlations with gratitude in both samples. Awareness predicted gratitude in both samples and Realistic Acceptance predicted gratitude only in seminarians. The study shows that individuals with an awareness of God’s presence tend to be highly grateful. Spiritually mature individuals who undergo spiritual training were also more grateful.
实物描述:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1573-6121
Contains:In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341315