عنوان

Church Involvement, Spiritual Growth, Meaning in Life, and Health

شماره

LA109010

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Church Involvement, Spiritual Growth, Meaning in Life, and Health

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Neal Krause, R. David Hayward, Deborah Bruce†, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between involvement in three aspects of congregational life and spiritual growth. In addition, an effort is made to see if spiritual growth may, in turn, affect health. A latent variable model was developed to test the following hypotheses: (1) individuals who attend worship services more often, attend Bible study and prayer group meetings more frequently, and individuals who receive more spiritual support from fellow church members will be more likely to report they have experienced spiritual growth; (2) people who experience more spiritual growth will be more likely to derive a deeper sense of meaning in life; and (3) individuals who have developed a deeper sense of meaning in life will enjoy better health. Data from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey suggests that spiritual support has the stronger relationship with spiritual growth than either worship service attendance or involvement in formal church groups. The findings further reveal that greater spiritual growth is associated with a deeper sense of meaning in life and meaning, in turn, is associated with better health. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between involvement in three aspects of congregational life and spiritual growth. In addition, an effort is made to see if spiritual growth may, in turn, affect health. A latent variable model was developed to test the following hypotheses: (1) individuals who attend worship services more often, attend Bible study and prayer group meetings more frequently, and individuals who receive more spiritual support from fellow church members will be more likely to report they have experienced spiritual growth; (2) people who experience more spiritual growth will be more likely to derive a deeper sense of meaning in life; and (3) individuals who have developed a deeper sense of meaning in life will enjoy better health. Data from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey suggests that spiritual support has the stronger relationship with spiritual growth than either worship service attendance or involvement in formal church groups. The findings further reveal that greater spiritual growth is associated with a deeper sense of meaning in life and meaning, in turn, is associated with better health.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

169-191

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

35/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

health

اصطلاح موضوعی

meaning in life

اصطلاح موضوعی

spiritual growth

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Cynthia Woolever

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Deborah Bruce†

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Neal Krause

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

R. David Hayward

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15736121-12341263

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y