Religiousness among terminally ill and healthy adults
作者:
Pamela G. Reed,
期刊:
Research in Nursing&Health
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 35-41
ISSN:0160-6891
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/nur.4770090107
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare terminally ill with healthy adults for differences in religiousness; sense of well‐being also was explored. This study was based upon a conceptualization of dying as a developmental phase of life. It was hypothesized that terminally ill adults report greater religiousness than healthy adults. A terminally ill and a healthy group with 57 adults each were matched on four key variables: age, gender, education, and religious affiliation. All 114 participants completed two questionnaires: the Religious Perspective Scale and the Index of Well‐Being. At‐test of differences between the group means supported the hypothesis (t(112) = 3.11,p<.001). There was no difference between the groups on sense of well‐being; both indicated moderately high levels of well‐being. A positive relationship between religiousness and well‐being was found in the healthy group (r= .43,p<.001), but not in the terminall
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