BACKGROUND Spiritual well-being has been lauded to exert a protective effect against suicidal behavior. This study examines the characteristics of spiritual functioning and their association with a self-reported history of suicidal thoughts and behavior in a sample of Veterans being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS The sample includes 472 Veterans admitted to a PTSD ...

This study set out to re-examine the predictors of self-reported trait happiness as measured by the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) as well as the predictors of various happiness types proposed by Morris (2004). In all, 120 Cypriot participants completed the 4 questionnaires: OHI, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue-SF), and Morris Multip...

OBJECTIVE This study examined (a) occupational therapists' attitudes about spirituality in practice on the basis of whether they identified themselves as religious, (b) whether their personal definition of spirituality related to their religiousness, (c) whether their definition related to their attitude about spirituality in practice, and (d) the methods they used to address the spiritual need...

OBJECTIVES Infertility has a significant impact on a women's quality of life (QOL). Infertile women face with physical and mental challenges during their postmenopausal period. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the QOL among Iranian infertile women in the postmenopausal period using a valid and reliable instrument. METHODS In this cross-sectional study both snowball and social ne...

There are several high-profile and controversial topics in medicine today (cloning and stem cell research come to mind). A less well known yet controversial area receiving increasing federal and private funding is spirituality, religiousness, and health. Attention to topics of spirituality, religiousness, and health has increased substantially in medical and graduate school curricula, clinical ...

Abstract The study aims to examine digital piracy using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), religious theory, and deterrence theory by adding economic hedonic benefits. This used a non-probability sampling technique. questionnaire was distributed through an online platform obtained from 214 respondents. data acquired respondents SPSS 23 AMOSS 21 process Structural Equation Model (SEM). shows ...

PURPOSE This article challenges popular conceptions of the nature of ethnicity and religiousness in the gerontological literature. Using the example of older Jewish Americans, the authors argue for more nuanced definitions and usage of terms such as "religion" and "ethnicity" in order to begin to understand the complex interweaving of these two dimensions in the lives of older persons. DESIGN...

Title of Document: RELIGION AND DELINQUENCY IN THE CONTEXT OF RACE AND PLACE Dell-Autumn Wailani Witten Master of Arts 2006 Directed By: Professor Denise Gottfredson Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice This investigation examined the interaction between religion, race and urbanicity and their influence on delinquency. A sample of youth respondents ages 13-17 was drawn from ICPSR archiv...

The 21-item version of the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI-21) is a commonly used tool to measure delusional ideation in the normal population. Two recent principal component analyses have concluded that the PDI-21 has a seven-factor structure. Although these studies found identical factors associated with religiosity and grandiosity, the items loading on the remaining five factors, and ...