SPIRITUALITY, RELIGIOSITY AND WELL-BEING RELATIONSHIP IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: TESTING DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECT VIA MEANING IN LIFE
Journal Title: Psychological Thought - Year 2024, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
The study explored the impact of religiosity and spirituality indicators on the subjective, social and psychological well-being of individuals aged 18 to 45 years both directly and indirectly through meaning in life. A total of 199 Bulgarians took part in the study (Mage = 27.58; SD = 8.71; 82.4% females). The instruments of the study were: Brief Mental Health Continuum Short, Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiosity and Spirituality, Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Analyses showed that spiritual forgiveness predicted all domains of well-being and religious support predicted subjective well-being, all performing positive small effects. Meaning in life acted as full mediator in the relationship between daily spiritual experiences, religious support, forgiveness and all the domains of well-being. Meaning in life partially mediated the relationships between religious support and subjective well-being as well as between forgiveness and social well-being. The findings address that religiosity-based social support, daily transcendent experiences, and forgiving to oneself and the others promote well-being in early adulthood, and the underlying mechanism can be explained by meaning in life. Practical implications of the findings and directions for future research were discussed.
Authors and Affiliations
Kremena Mineva
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP752896
- DOI https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v17i2.990
- Views 21
- Downloads 1
VICARIOUS EMBARRASSMENT SCALE: MORE OF CULTURE THAN EMPATHY
Traditionally, the vicarious embarrassment scale (VES) is developed by involving a protagonist with no relationship with the observer. This condition becomes problematic, especially in collectivistic contexts with interd...
THE LINK BETWEEN WORK RESOURCES AND THE FULFILMENT OF FAMILY DEMANDS: MEDIATION ANALYSIS
work-family enrichment self-efficacy on this relationship. Previous studies focus more on the antecedents and outcomes of work-family enrichment, while the psychological mechanism of work-family enrichment stays under re...
The Family Well-Being: A Dyadic Analysis of Parent-Child Relationship Quality
The family's emotional, psychological, and social well-being are influenced by how parent-child relations quality is perceived by each other, both of the child and father, as well as the child and the mother. This study...
Positive Cognitive Triad and COVID-19 Fears: An Empirical Investigation
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has produced both physical and mental health crisis at an unprecedented level forcing the global community to take actions to deal with the pandemic. Various mental health issues...
The Relationship between Insecure Attachment Patterns and Psychopathological Symptoms: The Mediating Role of General Causality Orientations
The main aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of general causality orientations within Self Determination Theory in the relationship between adult attachment styles and various psychopathological sympt...