The relations among spirituality and religiosity and Axis II functioning in two college samples
Although there is a large literature linking religious and spiritual constructs to a wide range of mental and physical health outcomes, much less work has been done examining how the numinous relates to psychopathology, especially with regards to characterological impairment. The purpose of this rep...
| Published in: | Research in the social scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2007
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 18, Pages: 53-73 |
| Further subjects: | B
History of religion
B Social sciences B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | Although there is a large literature linking religious and spiritual constructs to a wide range of mental and physical health outcomes, much less work has been done examining how the numinous relates to psychopathology, especially with regards to characterological impairment. The purpose of this report was twofold: (a) to examine how religious sentiments and spiritual motivations link with Axis II constructs, and (b) to evaluate the causal direction of that relationship. Two college student samples (a total of 591 women and 194 men) completed the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders Questionnaire, measures of Axis II characteristics. Scores on these instruments were related to the numinous scales of the Assessment for Spirituality and Religious Sentiments. It was found that spirituality was independent of the Axis II constructs while scores on the Religious Crisis scale evidenced significant overlap, even after controlling for personality. Structural Equation Modeling indicated that the model that posited Religious Crisis as a causal predictor of Axis II functioning was superior to models that hypothesized Religious Crisis as being caused by personality and psychopathology. The implications of these findings were discussed. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004158511.i-301.24 |