Child abuse, personality, and spirituality as predictors of happiness in maltese college students

Galea, Michael; Ciarrocchi, Joseph W.; Piedmont, Ralph L.; Wicks, Robert J.

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004158511.i-301.57

Cited by 22 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 25 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A series of studies (Ciarrocchi 2003;Galea et al 2007) have noted this similar relationship. That is, spirituality predicted cognitive well-being over and above personality, but did not predict negative affect.…”

Section: Spirituality As a Therapeutic Resourcementioning

confidence: 70%

“…Lawson et al (1998) indicated that CA was related to both religious and spiritual injury and distress but also to increased frequency of prayer and of "spiritual experience." Research by Galea et al (2007) also indicated spirituality's incremental validity to well-being, over and above personality, to child abuse victims. Although many studies have suggested the potential resourcefulness of spirituality against negative events (Marrone 1999;Galea et al 2007;Sullivan 1993;Young et al 2000), it is still unclear how such interaction occurs.…”

Section: Spirituality Religiosity and Child Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Galea

2008

Pastoral Psychol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This correlational study examined the potential effects of child abuse history on the psycho-spiritual status of Maltese college students. Data collected from 312 subjects indicated that 10.9% of the sample qualified as "severely" abused. Furthermore, in examining the correlations noted above, a sequential pattern of relationships appeared to emerge, which was clarified through a path analysis. Child abuse seems to impact more selectively closer to the traumatic experience. Results also point at spirituality as a potential resource in treating child abuse. The social and pastoral implications of these findings were discussed.Keywords Child abuse . Psychology of religion . Spirituality Child abuse is an important reality that can seriously inhibit children's normal development and their psycho-spiritual status (Doehring 1993;Flaherty 1992;Hall 1995). This could be particularly true in cultures where abuse is not given appropriate and immediate attention, as in Malta. A recent United Nations (UN) report on children's well-being highlighted the situation in Malta and called for the proper appraisal of this reality to fight maltreatment successfully. This study is aimed at evaluating the prevalence and impact of child abuse on the psycho-spiritual, religious and personality status of a sample of Maltese college students. In particular, childhood maltreatment was found to have a complex array of relationships to these key variables, with varied implications for the adjustment and well-being of victims.

show abstract

Section: Spirituality As a Therapeutic Resourcementioning

confidence: 70%

Section: Spirituality Religiosity and Child Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Galea

2008

Pastoral Psychol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Other studies suggested the negative prediction of patriarchal systems on the well-being of family members [27,28]. This is more important in a small country like Malta, with its closely-knit family systems, and under a strong influence by a dominant Catholic faith [29,30].…”

Section: Child Abuse and Related Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Galea et al [29] surveyed Maltese university students on various aspects of childhood trauma and found that almost 11% qualified as severely abused. Interestingly, he indicated that spirituality may serve also as a potential resource in treating victims of childhood maltreatment.…”

Section: The Reality In Maltamentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Child Maltreatment Mediate Family Environment and Psychological Well-Being?

Galea¹

2010

PSYCH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A number of studies indicated that spirituality benefits and sometimes predicts wellbeing (Galea et al 2007;Smith et al 2003). Pargament (1996) believes that spirituality and religion serve as crisis buffers on two levels.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Healing the Healers: A Profile of Strengths and Weaknesses of Catholic Priests in Gozo, Malta

Galea

2011

Pastoral Psychol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This exploratory study of Roman Catholic secular priests examined their psychospiritual well-being and vocational challenges. With a 52% response rate, this population study indicated that most respondents had a balanced ministry life and healthy spirituality. However, pastoral and vocational satisfactions, together with mandated celibacy, remain contentious issues. An initial instrument was developed to discern what contributes to priests' vocational satisfaction. Psycho-spiritual well-being, intrinsic religion, vocational frustrations, and celibacy emerged as four key domains. Results were scrutinized to determine how they could serve as a platform for a future and more robust scale. This paper also contains a discussion of the pastoral implications of this study, and how the church could be more true to its calling.

show abstract

Child abuse, personality, and spirituality as predictors of happiness in maltese college students

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

The Impact of Child Abuse on the Psycho-Spiritual and Religious Status of Maltese College Students

Does Child Maltreatment Mediate Family Environment and Psychological Well-Being?

Healing the Healers: A Profile of Strengths and Weaknesses of Catholic Priests in Gozo, Malta

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About