OBJECTIVE Examine longitudinal relationships between spiritual coping and psychological adjustment among adolescents with chronic illness. METHODS Adolescents (N = 128; M = 14.7 years) with cystic fibrosis or diabetes completed measures of spiritual coping and adjustment at 2 time points ∼2 years apart; parents also reported on adolescent adjustment. Prospective relationships between spiritua...

Psychology Psi (Public Domain) Since the dawn of civilization and the establishment of the earliest religions and spiritual beliefs, various priests, shamans and spiritual leaders were responsible for the mental wellbeing of their people. From shamen to Jewish Qabbalists, curing the mind was a huge part of the spiritual path, even if treatment was couched in magic and mystery, using rituals to ...

Psychology Psi (Public Domain) Since the dawn of civilization and the establishment of the earliest religions and spiritual beliefs, various priests, shamans and spiritual leaders were responsible for the mental wellbeing of their people. From shamen to Jewish Qabbalists, curing the mind was a huge part of the spiritual path, even if treatment was couched in magic and mystery, using rituals to ...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate relationship between quality of life and spiritual health and depression in thalasemia major patients in amol city.   method: the research method was correlation. the population was 497 of thalasemia patients. according to the cochrane formula 100 thalasemia patients were selected by random sampling method. the research instruments were qualit...

abstract aim: aim of study was to determine structural model of relationships between psychosocial developments of offspring’s with spiritual intelligence (sq) and parenting styles of their mothers. method: research method was correlational and statistical population were 29,474 female and male universities students of alborz province in the 2015-16 academic year. by multi-stage random sampling...

Although African American women are exposed to major life stressors such as breast cancer, many have high levels of psychological well-being (PWB). However, there are no current studies that describe the psychological effects of applying sense of coherence, hope, and spiritual perspective by African American breast cancer survivors. These three inner resources have each been positively associat...

This paper is a revised version of a seminal paper, written as early as 1986, that introduces the concept of contemplative psychology as a psychology that is an intrinsic part of the contemplative traditions of most world religions. It refers to the psychological insights and methods that are—often implicitly—present in the spiritual traditions themselves. The paper delineates this psychology a...

in sufism, one may find a very interesting feminine approach according to which the feminine is the source of life. though it is roughly distinguished from modern feminism in principle and aim, it would be very critical to see how this perspective overcomes the masculine dominated world. the overall aim of this paper is to give only a remark and an entry to this perspective without involving in...