Transforming spirituality through aging: coping and distress in the search for meaning in very old age

Problem-centered interviews were conducted with 20 oldest old (80+ years) and evaluated via qualitative content analysis to answer the research question of how age-and cultural-specific experiences challenge and transform spirituality in oldest age. This study reveals that socio-cultural and age-rel...

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Authors: Storms, Anna 1984- (Author) ; Golla, Heidrun (Author) ; Mantell, Pauline (Author) ; Woopen, Christiane (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2021]
In: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-53
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old age / Suffering / Coping / Spirituality / Transcendental experience
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Well-being
B Gerotranscendence
B oldest old
B meaning of life
B Qualitative Research
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