Locating experience in time and place: a look at young adult fiction and spiritual intelligence

Westenberg, Leonie

doi:10.1080/1364436x.2017.1287680

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“…People do not become deeply engaged with fictional relationships to compensate for unhappiness with their own relationships, but rather possess a deep interest in relationships and romance. This is very much in line with past research demonstrating that media engagement is not always compensatory and can actually be beneficial (Giles & Maltby, 2004; Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Costabile, & Arkin, 2014; Tsao, 1996; Tsay-Vogel & Sanders, 2017; van der Goot, Beentjes, & van Selm, 2015; Westenberg, 2017).…”

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Interest and investment in fictional romances.

Monsjou¹,

Mar²

2019

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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Shipping, which refers to emotional investment in fictional relationships, has been occurring for decades yet has not received much theoretical or any empirical attention. In light of it becoming more recognized in mainstream culture, we wanted to establish whether interest in fictional relationships is a relevant, intriguing, and meaningful form of media engagement. To do this we ran one exploratory study, one preregistered confirmatory replication, and one preregistered extension. Together, these three studies answered several questions: (a) Are people interested in fictional relationships?; (b) Who is likely to be interested?; (c) Why are individuals interested?; and (d) Is interest in fictional relationships a distinct form of media engagement? We found that emotional investment in fictional couples is somewhat common and occurs across a number of media platforms. Being more inclined to think about relationships and have more romantic beliefs was linked to interest in fictional relationships, which reflects a general inclination to focus on relationships. We were also able to demonstrate moderate correlations between relationship interest and other media engagement variables-namely parasocial relationships, narrative transportation, character identification, and celebrity worship-in addition to showing that interest in fictional relationships provides incremental prediction after controlling for these other types of media engagement. These three studies support the notion that relationship interest is a unique and important form of media engagement that is related to individuals' romantic cognition.

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Interest and investment in fictional romances.

Monsjou¹,

Mar²

2019

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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“…It is also seen as a sense of inner worth and value for oneself and the world and beyond. Morality on the other hand, implies good actions and integrity (Westenberg, 2017).…”

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A Model of the Relationships among Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, and Holistic Individual Characteristics Among Malaysian Adolescents

Noordin

Ssekamanya

Ismail

2021

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Adolescents are the future, yet they are faced with many challenges in navigating their life. The present cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence to Holistic Individual Characteristics among Malaysian adolescents. A sample of 395 Form Four students were selected using the stratified random sampling method. Two survey questionnaires adopted and adapted from established scales were used to collect data. A pilot study was done to test the reliability and validity of the resultant adapted scales. Data from the main study was analysed for descriptive statistics using IBM SPSS version 27. The data were also analysed using the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) methodology with IBM Amos version 27 as the tool. All measurement models were validated through the pooled confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A second order CFA done confirmed that Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence were important component factors of Holistic Individual Characteristics. The fitness indices achieved the required level, specifically, the value of RMSEA= 0.041, GFI=0.982, CFI=0.980, TLI=0.970, CMIN/DF=1.645 and P= 0.037; while the b values showed that the most important component factor was Emotional Intelligence (b= 0.794) as compared to Spiritual Intelligence (b= 0.774). This study findings lend evidence to the importance of these constructs in shaping the holistic individual among Malaysian adolescents. It can help relevant authorities and parents to actually focus their efforts in developing the younger generation. Besides that, this study finding also helps to fill in the gap of theoretical knowledge in the area of emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence in relation to holistic individual development as well as in terms of its methodology of analysis.

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Children’s life and spirituality development and their educations: sensing, spaces, and sources of influence

Lee

2022

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

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Locating experience in time and place: a look at young adult fiction and spiritual intelligence

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Interest and investment in fictional romances.

Interest and investment in fictional romances.

A Model of the Relationships among Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, and Holistic Individual Characteristics Among Malaysian Adolescents

Children’s life and spirituality development and their educations: sensing, spaces, and sources of influence

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