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| Dimensions of spiritual meaning and well-being in the lives of ten older Australians | | Author(s) | Jacob Robert Meddin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 47, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 163-175 |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Well being ; Australia. |
| Annotation | This study examined how ten prominent older Australians impart a sense of spiritual meaning to their lives. The study is a secondary analysis of published interviews from a radio programme. The interviews explicitly address issues of personal meaning. The findings reported here focus mainly upon non-routine or spiritual aspects of meaning. The topics addressed are: global sense of meaning, altruistic behaviour, transcendent experiences, life review, and wisdom. Acquiring knowledge emerged as a global life purpose; altruistic behaviour was prevalent, transcendent experiences were reported with frequency; life review and wisdom underscored both a sense of coherence and the continuity of personal characteristics over the life span, and a decidedly optimistic orientation toward human nature. The impression gained is one of older persons with an integrated and often deep and spiritual orientation toward their lives. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990121401 A |
| Classmark | EX: D:F:5HH: 7YA |
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