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Older adult spirituality: what is it?
— a factor analysis of three related instruments | | Author(s) | Sandy J Eggers |
| Journal title | Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 14, no 4, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 3-34 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Psychological literature suggests that religion and spirituality increase in late adulthood. Yet, operational definitions of spirituality and religiosity remain widely debated and inadequate for the concepts they are designed to measure. The purpose of this study was to determine the defining aspects of religiosity and spirituality using the Allport, Ross Intrinsic, Extrinsic Religiosity Scale, Ellison's Spiritual Well-being Scale and Neugarten's Life Satisfaction Instrument. Using a principal component factor analysis, the study examined the factor structure using an older adult sample of 320 individuals aged 65+. Having a purpose in life combines with intrinsic religious questions for the first factor. Life satisfaction questions group together on two factors, and extrinsic religiosity is clearly one factor. The scales used hold together well when combined. A new, shortened scale to measure aspects of religiosity and spirituality is proposed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007201 A |
| Classmark | EX: D:F:5HH: F:5HH: 4C |
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