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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2021]
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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
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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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