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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Auteur principal: Edara, Inna Reddy (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2013
Dans: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Année: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 15-41
Sujets non-standardisés:B Sociologie des religions
B Religionspsycholigie
B Religionswissenschaften
B Sciences sociales
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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Résumé: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.
Contient:Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004252073_003