Spirituality’s Unique Role in Positive Affect, Satisfaction with Life, and Forgiveness over and above Personality and Individualism-Collectivism
although spirituality is increasingly acknowledged to play a significant role in human psychological functioning, it is often seen as part of personality or cultural values and thus relegated to the domain of an add-on variable in research designs. the present study went further than just acknowledg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 15-41 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | although spirituality is increasingly acknowledged to play a significant role in human psychological functioning, it is often seen as part of personality or cultural values and thus relegated to the domain of an add-on variable in research designs. the present study went further than just acknowledging the general role of spirituality (spiritual transcendence and intrinsic religious motivation) by testing the hypothesis that spirituality has a unique role in impacting the positive psychological constructs of positive affect, satisfaction with life, and forgiveness (transgression related interpersonal motivation) over and above personality and cultural orientation of individualism-collectivism. data from 637 participants were analyzed for intercorrelations and incremental validity. results indicated that spirituality had a unique significant contribution to positive affect, satisfaction with life, and forgiveness after controlling for the effects of personality and individualism-collectivism. based on these significant results, the reasons for the integration of spirituality in both research design and clinical practice are discussed. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004252073_003 |