The Association Between Spirituality and Depression in an Urban Clinic

Doolittle, Benjamin R.; Farrell, Michael

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“…Los hallazgos parecen ser consistentes con la literatura generada en otras latitudes (Bergín, 1983(Bergín, , 1991Doolittle & Farrel, 2004;Hackney & Sanders, 2003;Pérez et al, 2005;Vahia et al, 2011;Watlington & Murphy, 2006). La relación entre la espiritualidad divina y el desajuste psicológico no reporta correlaciones iguales o mayores a 0.4; existen bajas correlaciones negativas con respecto a variables como depresión (-0.19), desesperanza y soledad (ambas de -0.17) o no significativas como en el caso de la ansiedad general y el miedo a la muerte y la agonía.…”

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“…Adicionalmente, los investigadores hallaron en su estudio longitudinal de cuatro años, que aquellos que mostraron los mayores incrementos en espiritualidad presentaron las menores pérdidas de célu-las CD4 durante los cuatro años y un incremento más bajo en VL, en comparación con aquellos que mostraron un decremento espiritual. Sin embargo, en muestras conformadas por personas de la comunidad (sujetos no sometidos a problemas clínicos severos), diversos investigadores han reportado una relación inversa significativa entre variables religiosas y variables de desajuste psicológico como la depresión (Doolittle & Farrel, 2004), ansiedad y hostilidad (e. g., Koenig & Larson, 2001;Pargament, 1997Pargament, , 2002Schnittker, 2001 citados por Watlington & Murphy, 2006). Watlington y Murphy (2006) hallaron correlaciones significativas de -0.28, -0.29 y 0 entre depresión y espiritualidad, participación religiosa y afrontamiento religioso, respectivamente.…”

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Ajuste psicológico y vida religiosa en Adultos Mayores

Rivera-Ledesma

Montero

2014

Univ Psychol

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r e s u m e n La presente investigación explora la relación entre la vida religiosa de las personas y el ajuste psicológico, con base en una muestra de 193 adultos mayores evangélicos de la comunidad de la Ciudad de México. El objetivo fue aportar evidencia empírica basada en una muestra latinoamericana, en relación con los controvertidos resultados en muestras anglosajonas, con respecto al papel de la vida religiosa como recurso adaptativo. Los resultados permiten concluir un papel marginal de la vida espiritual con respecto al desajuste psicológico, cuando es medido a través del establecimiento de una relación satisfactoria con Dios. Por otro lado, la presente investigación logró obtener fuertes asociaciones inversas, cuando la vida espiritual es asumida como satisfacción existencial o vital. Parece prevalecer una contribución marginal de la espiritualidad divina, en contraste con el importante papel que juega la espiritualidad vital o existencial en el desajuste psicológico de sujetos de la comunidad. Palabras claveReligión; espiritualidad; religiosidad; depresión; ansiedad A b s t r A c tThis research explores the relationship between the religious life of the people and psychological adjustment based on a sample of 193 evangelical elderly living in the community of Mexico City. The aim was to provide empirical evidence based on Latin American sample, in relation to the disputed results in Anglo samples regarding the role of religious life as adaptive resource. The results show a marginal role in the spiritual life with respect to psychological maladjustment when measured through the establishment of a satisfactory relationship with God. Furthermore, this research was able to obtain strong inverse associations when the spiritual life is assumed as vital existential satisfaction. A marginal contribution of divine spirituality seems to prevail, in contrast to the important role that vital and existential spirituality plays in the psychological maladjustment in community subjects.

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Ajuste psicológico y vida religiosa en Adultos Mayores

Rivera-Ledesma

Montero

2014

Univ Psychol

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“…Their review indicates that there is a plethora of evidence which supports the notion that spirituality is a positive force in mental health. Research suggests that spirituality is not only negatively associated with symptoms of depression but also aids in its treatment (Cornah, 2006;Doolittle & Farrell, 2004). Apart from depression, spirituality helps in coping and facilitates adjustment in the face of trauma (Peres, Moreira-Almeida, Nasello, & Koenig, 2007).…”

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Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Islamic Spirituality (MMIS)

Dasti¹,

Sitwat²

2014

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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The aim of the present study was to develop a multidimensional measure of Islamic spirituality. This research was undertaken in Pakistan. Domains of spirituality were operationalized and items were developed, followed by the evaluation of the questionnaire by religious/spiritual scholars and mental health experts. The questionnaire was administered to 813 students. After excluding items with low corrected item to total correlation in each domain (<.30), a Principal Component Analysis with Oblique (Promax) rotation was conducted on 101 items. Eight clear factors were extracted: (1) Self-Discipline, (2) Quest and Search for Divinity, (3) Anger and Expansive behavior, (4) Self Aggrandizement, (5) Feeling of Connectedness with Allah, (6) Meanness-Generosity, (7) Tolerance-Intolerance, and (8) Islamic Practices. Moderate to high internal reliability, good construct, and content validity were found. 48Rabia Dasti and Aisha Sitwat

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“…Despite the difficulty in coming to a consensus regarding the definition of spirituality, and although there are relatively few research studies examining the actual levels of spirituality within individuals, there have been some important findings. Specifically, spirituality has been found to be related to positive mental health of adults and children (Doolittle & Farrell, 2004;Hackney, 2003;Houskamp, Fisher, & Stuber, 2004), along with positive social functioning and higher reported levels of empathy (Berger, 2002;Lickona, 1983;Maton & Wells, 1995;Smith, 2006). Smith (2006) also found that praying was highly related to empathy within Americans.…”

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Spirituality and Second Language Education

Galeh¹,

Dorcheh²

2015

TPLS

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Abstract-No doubt any discussion of language learning without taking into consideration the strong influence of social behavior will be in vain. Constructivist theories and methodologies of language learning have firmly refuted many key principles of cognitive theory which reckoned learners as individuals whose process of learning takes place in isolation. By putting accent on communication, the proponents of constructivism endeavor to bring into limelight the significant role the society and environment play in the development of language. No doubt any communication occurs based on shared value systems or spiritual outlooks. The present paper, in an unprecedented study, aims to establish a connection between language pedagogy and spirituality. The study provides ample literature to show how adopting a spiritual outlook towards teaching considerably accelerates the process of learning by raising autonomy, confidence, self-esteem and feelings of empathy and by reducing stress and condescending approaches.

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The Association Between Spirituality and Depression in an Urban Clinic

Cited by 46 publications

References 26 publications

Ajuste psicológico y vida religiosa en Adultos Mayores

Ajuste psicológico y vida religiosa en Adultos Mayores

Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Islamic Spirituality (MMIS)

Spirituality and Second Language Education

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