Spirituality in Late Adulthood

Heintz, Lisa M.; Barušs, Imants

doi:10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.651

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“…In fact, older adults as a group appear to be more involved in religious and spiritual activities. For instance, Heintz and Baruss (2001) Spirituality Inventory and found that older adults scored higher on nearly all indices of spirituality compared to younger adults. However, Ingersoll-Dayton and colleagues (Ingersoll-Dayton, Krause, & Morgan, 2002) studied religious trajectories and transitions over the life course and found that many older adults, in response to an adverse event, changed their spiritual and religious trajectory accordingly.…”

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A Structural Equation Model of Religious Activities on Biopsychosocial Outcomes in Adults with HIV

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Antia

Blanshan

et al. 2008

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health

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A Structural Equation Model of Religious Activities on Biopsychosocial Outcomes in Adults with HIV

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Antia

Blanshan

et al. 2008

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health

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“…Past research has suggested that as an individual ages, his/her spiritual and religious beliefs and practices become more frequent and important (Heintz & Baruss, 2001). One's concern for the environment may be associated with one's spirituality and belief system, as is seen in Eastern traditions, and therefore as one ages his/her care for the environment may increase as well.…”

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A scale to measure wisdom.

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Helgerson²,

Torres-Harding³

et al. 2004

The Humanistic Psychologist

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The present study's purpose was to refine and test a newly developed self-report instrument to assess wisdom. The empirical study was based on a sample of undergraduates recruited at two universities and Buddhists recruited at two temples. This sample filled out 23 items of the wisdom scale and, in addition, several other psychological self-report scales. Items from the wisdom scale were factor analyzed and the following seven factors emerged: Balance/Harmony, Flow, Spirituality, Warmth, Care for Environment, Appreciation, and Intelligence. These dimensions were statistically significantly related to various outcome measures such as depression, perceived stress, and optimism scales. Statistically significant differences were found between various religious and socio-demographic groups on the different factor scores. This study suggests that wisdom is a multidimensional and complex construct worthy of scientific investigation. A Scale to Measure WisdomA resurgence of interest in the topic of wisdom has emerged in the field of developmental psychology (Baltes & Staudinger, 2000;Shedlock & Cornelius, 2000) over the past 20 years. However, differing definitions of wisdom have complicated investigation of this topic (Kramer, 2000;Baltes, Staudinger, Maercker, & Smith, 1995). For example, Baltes and Smith's (1990) have proposed a general theoretical definition of wisdom as expert knowledge about fundamen-This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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“…However, older adults may be particularly adept at utilizing spiritual resources. For example, Heintz and Baruss (2001) examined spiritual characteristics between older and younger adults. Their analysis revealed that the older sample scored higher in all areas of spiritual expression except paranormal beliefs.…”

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