Investigating the Many Facets of Spirituality that Mediate the Relationship between Exposure to Nature and Psychological Well-Being
The present study builds upon previous research that has identified spirituality as a construct that mediates the relationship between nature and psychological well-being (Kamitsis & Francis, 2013). This previous study measured spirituality through an assessment of mystical phenomenological expe...
| Authors: | ; ; |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2018
|
| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 29, Pages: 75-95 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Allgemein B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The present study builds upon previous research that has identified spirituality as a construct that mediates the relationship between nature and psychological well-being (Kamitsis & Francis, 2013). This previous study measured spirituality through an assessment of mystical phenomenological experience; in our present study, we investigated whether other measures of spirituality/religiosity similarly mediate this relationship. Three hundred thirty-four students at an Evangelical Christian university completed questionnaires that assessed four distinct aspects of spirituality (i.e., daily spiritual experiences, religious commitment, religious orientation, and God image) alongside measures of exposure to nature, and psychological well-being. Results indicated that the Acceptance, Presence, and Challenge God images mediated the relationship between exposure to nature and psychological well-being. As predicted, mysticism did not mediate the relationship between engagement with nature and psychological well-being when the other religiosity/spirituality measures were included in the model, suggesting that the mediating effects of spirituality require further investigation, especially amongst different religious populations. |
|---|---|
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004382640_006 |