Relationships Among Stress, Infectious Illness, and Religiousness/Spirituality in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Callen, Bonnie; Mefford, Linda C.; Groër, Maureen; Thomas, Sandra P.

doi:10.3928/19404921-20101001-99

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“…Spirituality provides a salient resource to help older adults cope with declining physical and mental health and with other losses and death that occur in later life (Callen, Mefford, Groer, & Thomas, 2011;Kim, Reed, Hayward, Kang, & Koenig, 2011). The findings from many studies indicate that spirituality among older adults has been positively correlated with greater social support, higher life satisfaction, less depression, better cognitive function, and higher psychological and physical well-being (Boswell, Kahana, & Dilworth-Anderson, 2006;Kim et al;Lee, 2007).…”

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Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Korean Versions of the Spiritual Perspective Scale and the Self-transcendence Scale in Korean Elders

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to translate the Spiritual Perspective Scale (SPS) and Self-transcendence Scale (STS) into Korean and test the psychometric properties of the instruments with Korean elders. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used to implement the three stages of the study. Stage I consisted of translating and reviewing the scales by six experts. In Stage II, equivalence was tested by comparing the responses between the Korean and English versions among 71 bilingual adults. Stage III established the psychometric properties of the Korean versions SPS-K and STS-K among 154 Korean elders. Results: Cronbach's alpha of the SPS-K and the STS-K .97, and .85 respectively with Korean elders. Factor analysis showed that the SPS-K had one factor; the STS-K had four factors with one factor clearly representing self-transcendence as theorized. Both scales showed good reliability and validity for the translated Korean versions. However, continued study of the construct validity of the STS-K is needed. Conclusion: Study findings indicate that the SPS-K and the STS-K could be useful for nurses and geriatric researchers to assess a broadly defined spirituality, and to conduct research on spirituality and health among Korean elders. Use of these scales within a theory-based study may contribute to further knowledge about the role of spirituality in the health and well-being of Korean people facing health crises.

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Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Korean Versions of the Spiritual Perspective Scale and the Self-transcendence Scale in Korean Elders

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“…The study reported here was part of a larger project exploring interrelationships among perceived stress, symptoms of infection, and religiousness/spirituality in community-dwelling older adults. This article focuses on the relationships among dimensions of religiousness/spirituality and anger management styles; the findings regarding perceived stress, symptoms of infection, and religiousness/spirituality are reported elsewhere (Callen, Mefford, Groer, & Thomas, 2011).…”

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Religiousness/Spirituality and Anger Management in Community-Dwelling Older Persons

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Mismanaged anger is associated with adverse health outcomes. This study examined whether dimensions of religiousness/spirituality could predict healthy anger management in a sample of 82 community-dwelling older Americans. A correlational research design was employed using the Deffenbacher Anger Scale and the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. Higher scores on Forgiveness, Daily Spiritual Experiences, Religiousness/Spirituality as Coping, and Self-Ranking of Religiousness/Spirituality were correlated with healthier anger management; however forgiveness was the only significant predictor in the regression analysis. Interventions to facilitate forgiveness may promote healthy anger management and minimize the adverse health effects of mismanaged anger.

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The Relationship Between Religious Attitudes, Fear of Death and Dying with General Health Condition: A Survey in College Students

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This study aims to assess the relationship between religious attitudes of Ilam universities students (west of Iran), their perspectives about the fear of self and other's death and dying, with their general health. This paper is an analytic survey in which 351 college students, who were selected by multistage sampling, participated. To measure interested variables, Persian format of standardized self-administered questionnaires was employed. Religious attitudes with odds ratio (OR) of 0.94 (95% CI 0.91-0.97) and fear of self dying with 0.88 (95% CI 0.81-0.96) were identified as a protective factors against the inappropriate general health condition. However, the fear of other's death (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.05-1.28) was identified as a risk factor. This study showed that people who had more religious attitudes and fear of self dying had better general health as well as the fear of other's death had a significant direct relationship with inappropriate general health condition.

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Relationships Among Stress, Infectious Illness, and Religiousness/Spirituality in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Korean Versions of the Spiritual Perspective Scale and the Self-transcendence Scale in Korean Elders

Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Korean Versions of the Spiritual Perspective Scale and the Self-transcendence Scale in Korean Elders

Religiousness/Spirituality and Anger Management in Community-Dwelling Older Persons

The Relationship Between Religious Attitudes, Fear of Death and Dying with General Health Condition: A Survey in College Students

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