عنوان

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

Number

LA109010

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

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

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

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

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

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.

Date of Publication

2013

Physical description

169-191

Title

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volume Number

35/2

International Standard Serial Number

1573-6121

Subject Term

health

Subject Term

meaning in life

Subject Term

spiritual growth

Cynthia Woolever

Deborah Bruce†

Neal Krause

R. David Hayward

Call Number

10.1163/15736121-12341263

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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