RT Article
T1 Multidimensionality of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study among Secular Individuals
JF Religions
VO 10
IS 11
A1 Demmrich, Sarah 1986-
A1 Huber, Stefan 1960-
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1688031634
AB This study examines the multidimensionality of spirituality by comparing the applicability of two models—the five-dimensional model of religiosity by Huber that we have extended with a sixth dimension of ethics and the three-dimensional spirituality model by Bucher. This qualitative study applied a semi-structured interview guideline of spirituality to a stratified sample of N = 48 secular individuals in Switzerland. To test these two models, frequency, valence, and contingency analysis of Mayring's qualitative content analysis were used. It could be shown that Bucher's three-dimensional model covers only about half of the spirituality codes in the interviews; it is especially applicable for implicit and salient spiritual aspects in general, as well as for spiritual experience in specific. In contrast, the extended six-dimensional model by Huber could be applied to almost all of the spirituality-relevant codes. Therefore, in principle, the scope of this six-dimensional model can be expanded to spirituality. The results are discussed in the context of future development of a multidimensional spirituality scale that is based on Huber's Centrality of Religiosity by extending the religiosity concept to spirituality without mutually excluding these concepts from each other.
K1 centrality of religiosity
K1 implicit spirituality
K1 multidimensional model
K1 seculars
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.3390/rel10110613