The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction During COVID-19

Baykal, Elif

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8674-7.ch022

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“…This result is lower than the life satisfaction levels of older adults determined in many studies conducted in Turkey during the pre-pandemic period. [39][40][41][42][43] However, in studies conducted in Turkey during the pandemic, it has been demonstrated that life satisfaction and quality of life levels of older adults decreased due to the concern of Coronavirus disease, [43][44][45][46] which is consistent with the results of the present study. Empirical studies conducted at the international level show that the pandemic has negatively affected life satisfaction and quality of life of people.…”

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How did the COVID‐19 pandemic affect older adults? Investigation in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction: Samsun, Turkey example

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Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has adversely affected the physical and mental health of individuals. The elderly are a special group that is affected by this condition. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on older adults in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction. Methods The population of this cross‐sectional study consisted of individuals aged 65 and over who presented to a family health centre in Samsun a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast (N = 3950). The study data were collected with the following five forms: Personal Information Form, Quality of Life Questionnaire, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Brief Disability Questionnaire and Life Satisfaction Scale. In the analysis of the study data, descriptive statistics, Student's t‐test, paired t‐test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used. Results The mean age of the participants was 70.88 ± 4.818 years. There was a significant difference between the participants' pre‐ and post‐pandemic health status and quality of life levels. In the study, a significant relationship was determined between the scores obtained from the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Brief Disability Questionnaire and between the scores obtained from the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory and the variables such as income and marital status (P < 0.05). Conclusion A significant result of the study is that the older adults' perceptions of health status and quality of life were adversely affected by the pandemic. Another significant result is that disability increased the level of anxiety. The other significant result of the study is that socioeconomic status was an important determinant of anxiety.

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How did the COVID‐19 pandemic affect older adults? Investigation in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction: Samsun, Turkey example

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“…Studies like Yang and Fry (2018) and Jeon and Choi (2021) have also supported the view that the IL, as a dimension of workplace spirituality, has a positive effect on the LS levels of individuals. Supporting this argument, Baykal (2022) also emphasized the existence of same positive relationship during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Turkish context.…”

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“…It is related to, but partially independent of, the affective aspects of subjective well-being and corresponds to two main elements of subjective well-being, which is defined as “individual’s cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life satisfaction” (Diener et al ., 2002). Individuals with high LS have the potential to be stronger and more optimistic under difficult conditions due to their positive evaluation of life (Baykal, 2022). Additionally, positive events encountered and experienced in daily life and high levels of goals attainment is likely to increase LS in young adults, while events that develop in the opposite direction of expectations and harm value judgments reduce LS (Diener et al ., 2002).…”

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Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

Baykal,

Bhatti,

Irfan

et al. 2024

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PurposeIn this study, to empirically test the relationship between ethical organizational climate, inner life (IL) and life satisfaction (LS) of employees, a field study was conducted on white-collar personnel working in the service sector in the Istanbul region. The main purpose was to extract an approach that could be applied to simultaneously boost LS and customer orientation for effective service delivery by organizations.Design/methodology/approachA two-wave time-lagged survey design was used to collect the data over a period of three months. Two sets of self-administrated survey questionnaires were developed for both waves, containing the details of the study and items for measuring variables. The questionnaires were developed in such a manner that the anonymity of the respondents and ethical considerations remained intact. In the first wave, data were collected for two variables, i.e. organizational ethical climate and IL. The measurement scale for organizational ethical climate was adapted from the study of DeBode et al. (2013) and for IL from the study of Fry et al. (2017). In the second wave, data on the remaining two variables (LS and organizational customer orientation) were collected. Direct effects and indirect effects in the hypotheses were tested by structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThis study has found that the organizational ethical climate strengthens the inner lives of employees, which is vital for the organizations from two angles: one, strong IL of an employee enhances his/her own LS and two, stronger IL accentuates customer orientation.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that the context of this study is limited to Turkey and that the participants are selected from among white-collar personnel working in the service sector reduces the representativeness of the research result. In this sense, in the next stages, the model of the research can be retested in different industries or cross-cultural studies can be designed by comparing the study results with samples from different geographies, so that the validity of these relations for different cultures can be seen.Practical implicationsThe implications of this study revealed that employees will enjoy their lives more when authorities in organizations adopt organizational policies supporting the inner lives of employees, feel respect for their private areas and make the organizational climate more ethical. Hence, with practices such as workplace spirituality or spiritual leadership that support the inner lives of employees, the motivation and satisfaction of employees can be increased.Social implicationsThis study revealed that inner life strength makes people comparative more ethical in their dealings, which gives them a sense of achievement and enhances work meaningfulness, boosting LS and customer-orientation. The findings of this study are vital for leaders, as they can achieve a conjoint elevation of the LS of their employees and enhance customer orientation for higher organizational performance.Originality/valueThis study is original in emphasizing the positive effect of spiritually powerful inner-life customer-orientedness in employees with empirical proof.

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The Effect of Emotional Intelligence Applications on the Lifestyle of the Elderly

Shahraki

Nafchi

2022

Multidisciplinary Applications of Deep Learning-Based Artificial Emotional Intelligence

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Today, many changes have been seen in the life of people in society with the development of new technologies. For example, developing various new communication platforms and applications such as social networks has been able to affect the lifestyle and communication of people in different age groups. The elderly are one of the most important sections of society, and other age groups have been affected by new applications and social networks in recent years. One of the important issues that should be considered for the elderly people is to provide a suitable environment to improve their quality of life because they are one of the most vulnerable groups in society who, due to old age and various diseases, don't have this power to do their daily routine, and this affects their moods. So, designing new intelligence applications for improving their emotional intelligence can play an important role to facilitate their work and communications. In this chapter, the authors discuss new artificial intelligence applications that can control the emotional intelligence of the elderly.

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The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction During COVID-19

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How did the COVID‐19 pandemic affect older adults? Investigation in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction: Samsun, Turkey example

How did the COVID‐19 pandemic affect older adults? Investigation in terms of disability, state–trait anxiety and life satisfaction: Samsun, Turkey example

Rethinking ethical climate: conjoint elevation of life satisfaction and customer-orientation through a stronger inner life

The Effect of Emotional Intelligence Applications on the Lifestyle of the Elderly

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