Abstract
Religious and spiritual facets of life seem to be important for psychological wellbeing of sex addicted individuals participating in self-help groups. The aim of this study was verification that in a sample of members of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) from Poland religiosity and spirituality are important factors for hope and spirituality directly influence hope being mediator between faith as well as religious practices and hope. The sample consisted of 30 participants of SLAA groups from Poland. The following tools were used: Herth Hope Index (HHI), Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (SCSORFQ), Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES), and two one scales regarding attending at mass and praying. Using multiple regression analysis confirmed that spiritual experiences mediate between religious faith as well as prayer and hope. It means that among SLAA participants relationship between religiosity and hope is indirect. It was proven that in a sample of sex addicted individuals participating in selfhelp groups higher level of religious faith and more frequent prayer has a positive impact on spiritual experiences, which in turn improve hope. Implications for future research as well as treatment of sex addiction are discussed.
Highlights
Seligman [1] suggests that the study of an individual’s strengths, and what makes life meaningful, should be the focus of research into positive psychology
Belief-in-Self was underpinned by the three internal assets of self-awareness, selfefficacy, and persistence while Belief-in-Others was underpinned by school support, family coherence, and peer support
Belief-in-Others is underpinned by Social-Emotional Competence is underpinned by Engaged Living is underpinned by gratitude and zest (1=not at all, 2=a little, 3=moderately, 4 =quite a bit, 5=extremely)(1=not true of me, 2=sort of not true of me, 3=sort of true of me, 4=true of me)
Summary
Seligman [1] suggests that the study of an individual’s strengths, and what makes life meaningful, should be the focus of research into positive psychology. Furlong [2] used term covitality to explain this co-occurrence of positive psychology strengths based on previous research by Luthans [3] and Weiss [4] The former was a study based on workplace performance while the latter was based in behavioural biology and examined positive traits related to wellbeing, selfconfidence, and overall health. Furlong [2] and You, et al [5] identified four constructs in their covitality model using a sample of United States adolescents These were belief-in-self, belief-in-others, emotional competence, and engaged living. These four constructs together were used as a measure of social-emotional health
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