Diversity and Complexity of Religion and Spirituality in Iran: Relationships With Self-Compassion and Self-Forgiveness
This study examined religious-spiritual types in Iran by comparing seminary and university students on self-compassion, self-forgiveness, and other measures of religious and psychological functioning. Islamic seminarians (N = 198) more frequently self-identified as both religious and spiritual or as...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 157-171 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iran
/ Religious identity
/ Spirituality
/ Self
/ Sympathy
/ Forgiveness
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Summary: | This study examined religious-spiritual types in Iran by comparing seminary and university students on self-compassion, self-forgiveness, and other measures of religious and psychological functioning. Islamic seminarians (N = 198) more frequently self-identified as both religious and spiritual or as religious only. University students (N = 302) more commonly described themselves as spiritual only or as neither spiritual nor religious. The both religious and spiritual type was highest in religious commitment, self-compassion, and psychological adjustment, with the neither religious nor spiritual type tending to score lowest. The religious-only type displayed the lowest self-forgiveness. Seminarians were also lower in self-forgiveness, but otherwise higher than university students in their mental health. In correlations, self-compassion was compatible, but self-forgiveness was incompatible with Muslim commitments. Muslim spirituality moderated Muslim attitude relationships. These data documented the diversity and complexity of religion, spirituality, and perspectives on the self in Iranian Muslims. |
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Item Description: | In der Druckausgabe ist Volume 27, Numbers 1-4 in einem Heft erschienen |
ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2017.1340100 |