Spiritual Involvement Research Articles

Development of Writing Assessment Skills with Psychosocial Involvement for Indonesian Language Teachers

The assessment of writing skills is very important for improving students' academic performance in the Indonesian language. The phenomenological method is used in this research to investigate the psychosocial involvement of Indonesian language teachers in developing writing skills assessments. Primary data sources consist of interviews with informants, results from field observations, and documents related to the research findings, while secondary data sources consist of written materials relevant to the research results. The data in this study were collected through non-participatory passive observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis techniques used are reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. This research involves twenty Indonesian language teachers to uncover how teachers use writing skill assessments. The results of this study indicate that the development of writing assessment skills for Indonesian language teachers involving psychosocial aspects can mean that Indonesian language teachers need to have a strong understanding that incorporates psychosocial elements. The psychosocial teacher offers a narrative framework to motivate religious values and Islamic behavior that helps individuals articulate their experiences. The assessment of writing skills in Indonesian language learning is influenced by personal moral and spiritual involvement, concepts of life principles, experiences, and literature. These psychosocial principles are given by God to the assessment of writing in the Indonesian language and literature, which is a critical component of the writing assessment development process.

Hop-on Hop-off Spirituality

In contemporary spirituality-related thought and behaviour in Estonia (as well as in a number of other regions), a phenomenon can be observed that I call hop-on hop-off spirituality. This means testing and tasting of various forms of contemporary spirituality (via techniques, courses, lectures, books, etc.) out of curiosity or for fun or just because a friend said that this or that teaching has changed their life. Such experimenting can sometimes result in deeper spiritual involvement or change in worldview but often doesn’t bring along anything that could be defined as deeper spiritual or religious commitment or belonging. Based on interviews, questionnaire responses and written life-history narratives from Estonia from the 1990s to 2020s, I will analyse how the suggested term fits into the context of already existing definitions and terms related to “spirituality”, and how such “hop-on hop-off” participation can be still seen as a learning process that influences one’s values, meaning-making, coping models, and lifestyle.

Impact of Spiritual Beliefs on Mental Health and Personality

Aim: The study's objective is to assess how spiritual beliefs affect mental health and personality.Methodology: The Spiritual Involvement and Belief Scale, the Quality of Life Inventory, and theMyersBriggs Personality Test were used to assess 200 early adolescents.When examining the significance of the relationship between the chosen variables, correlation is used.Results: Quality of life is significant at the 0.01 level, whereas personality and spiritualbeliefs are significant at the 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively.

Religiosity and spirituality in the prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Historically, religion has had a central role in shaping the psychosocial and moral development of young people. While religiosity and spirituality have been linked to positive mental health outcomes in adults, their role during the developmental context of adolescence, and the mechanisms through which such beliefs might operate, is less well understood. Moreover, there is some evidence that negative aspects of religiosity are associated with poor mental health outcomes. Guided by lived experience consultants, we undertook a systematic review and quality appraisal of 45 longitudinal studies and 29 intervention studies identified from three electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO and Scopus) exploring the role of religiosity and spiritual involvement (formal and informal) in prevention and management of depression and anxiety in young people aged 10 to 24 years. Most studies were from high-income countries and of low to moderate quality. Meta-analysis of high-quality longitudinal studies (assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools, n = 25) showed a trend towards association of negative religious coping (i.e., feeling abandoned by or blaming God) with greater depressive symptoms over time (Pearson’s r = 0.09, 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.009, 0.188) whereas spiritual wellbeing was protective against depression (Pearson’s r = -0.153, CI -0.187, -0.118). Personal importance of religion was not associated with depressive symptoms overall (Pearson’s r = -0.024, CI-0.053, 0.004). Interventions that involved religious and spiritual practices for depression and anxiety in young people were mostly effective, although the study quality was typically low and the heterogeneity in study designs did not allow for a meta-analysis. The lived experience consultants described spirituality and religious involvement as central to their way of life and greatly valued feeling watched over during difficult times. While we require more evidence from low- and middle-income countries, in younger adolescents and for anxiety disorders, the review provides insight into how spirituality and religious involvement could be harnessed to design novel psychological interventions for depression and anxiety in young people.Review RegistrationThe systematic review was funded by Wellcome Trust Mental Health Priority Area 'Active Ingredients' 2021 commission and registered with PROSPERO 2021 (CRD42021281912).

The Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous Scale - Short Form: Factor Structure & Validation

Background: The aim of this research was to examine the psychometrics of a short form version of the multidimensional Involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous scale (IAA-SF) by assessing the factor structure, internal consistency, and predictive validity. While there are several existing measures of involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous, many are either unidimensional or are limited in their ability to gather variation in the level of involvement in the different dimensions of 12-step programs. Objective: To achieve our aim, we used exploratory and principal axis factor analysis, correlation, and logistic regression with two unique and diverse samples. Longitudinal data were collected from a northern Illinois sample of 110 post-treatment adults, and cross-sectional data were from a random sample of 296 recovery home residents in the United States. Results: Results from the first sample suggested three exploratory factors (Principles Involvement, Social Involvement, and Spiritual Involvement) that were concordant with the proposed conceptualization and were then confirmed in the second sample. A 2nd order factor of global involvement was also found. All subscales demonstrated good to excellent internal consistency and were moderately associated with AA affiliation. Global and social involvement predicted greater odds of abstinence 2 years later, but principles and spiritual involvement did not. Conclusion: Overall results suggest the IAA- SF is a valid and reliable 12-item instrument for assessing involvement in the AA program, and the differential prediction suggests potential utility for a multidimensional approach to 12-step involvement.

“It Doesn’t Say Except, It Just Says Love Each Other”: Mapping Spiritual Reconciliation among LGBTQ Older Adults

ABSTRACT The concept of religion can be a complex topic for therapists to address with their clients, as the relationship between individuals and their faith is contextualized by both personal and societal beliefs and values. Those who identify with a marginalized gender identity and/or sexual orientation experienced further complexities resulting from family systems and social expectations that shape the meaning and purpose of religion, faith, and spirituality. Although previous research has addressed the complexity of religion within this demographic, few have explored how religiosity shifts over a lifetime. To address gaps in the literature, we analyzed life-story narratives from 13 White, gay, lesbian, and transgender older adults (i.e., over the age of 45). We developed a conceptual map depicting potential pathways of religious and spiritual involvement, spanning childhood to older adulthood. We conclude with clinical considerations for therapists that underscore the importance of including sociohistorical contexts that influence personal meaning regarding religion, faith, and spirituality within the therapy process with older adults who hold marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities.

Synergy Collaboration Management as A Catalyst for the Performance of Catholic Religious Education Teachers in Central Kalimatan

This study aims to analyze the effect of transformational leadership on the performance of PAK (Christian Religious Education) teachers mediated by individual spiritual involvement, collaboration synergy and professional altruistic behavior as mediating variables. This type of research is survey research. The population in this study were PAK teachers in Central Kalimantan, while the sample in this study were 173 PAK teachers in Central Kalimantan. The instrument used to answer the research questions posed, the sampling technique was stratified random sampling. This study used primary data sources, questionnaires and the data analysis technique used is the Structural equation model with SmartPLS. The results of this study indicated that transformational leadership has a positive impact on PAK teacher performance by mediating PAK teacher spiritual involvement, collaborative synergy and professional altruistic behavior. Related to the involvement of spirituality, then a teacher will have meaning and value in life and work as a PAK teacher, where these meanings and values are highly dependent on the beliefs and values that underlie the motives in work which in turn encourages the birth of altruistic professional behavior that causes positive feelings.

Characterization of Spirituality in Parents of Very Preterm Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

This study aimed to characterize the spiritual beliefs, practices, and needs of parents of very preterm infants, those born <32 weeks of gestation, in a level-III NICU and to characterize parental perception of the spiritual support received in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Within 14 days of their infants' birth, parents underwent a recorded semistructured interview. Responses were organized into unique themes using standard qualitative methods. Parents completed the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale (SIBS) and Spiritual Needs Inventory (SNI). Twenty-six parents from 17 families were interviewed and provided SIBS and SNI surveys. Interviews yielded seven major themes describing parents' spirituality and support. Most parents identified themselves as spiritual (n = 14) or sometimes spiritual (n = 2). A high SIBS score was associated with Christian religion (p = 0.007) and non-White race (p = 0.02). The SNI showed ≥80% of parents reported a "frequent" or "always" need for laughter, being with family, thinking happy thoughts, and talking about day-to-day things. The most commonly mentioned sources of spiritual support were parents' connection with a higher power through their faith (n = 12) or religious activities (n = 8). Many parents reported receiving sufficient spiritual support outside of the hospital during their unique experience in the NICU. Parents of infants born <32 weeks of gestation in our NICU commonly self-identified themselves as spiritual. Many parents have similar spiritual needs which are often met by sources outside of the hospital. · Parents of infants born <32 weeks of gestation in our NICU commonly self-identify as spiritual.. · Many parents of preterm infants describe their spirituality as a personal experience.. · Many parents of preterm infants have similar spiritual needs.. · Many parents of preterm infants have their spiritual needs met outside of the hospital..

Psychological Well-Being of School Counsellors Model

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;The school counselor’s role is increasingly challenging with various demands of students’ problems and the issue of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic also affect students’ psychosocial and mental well-being. Therefore, school counselors need to equip themselves with high psychological well-being as a self-care factor to deal with burnout, instability, and work stress. This study aims to develop Psychological Well-Being Model among school counsellors. A total of 330 secondary school counsellors from four districts in Selangor were selected as the respondents using the group random sampling method. Data were collected through translated questionnaire instruments, namely Self Compassion Scale, Counselling Self Estimate Inventory, The Assessing Emotions Scale, Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale Revised, and Psychological Well Being-Ryff. Confirmation Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) show that there is a significant positive relationship between self-compassion, counselling self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and the school counsellor’s psychological well-being. The findings also showed that self-compassion, counselling self-efficacy, emotional and spiritual intelligence affected 76.5% (R2 = 0.765) of variance in psychological well-being. This study is one of the earliest in presenting the school counsellor’s psychological well-being model who can contribute to Malaysian education. The implications of this study suggest that the elements of self-compassion, counselling self-efficacy, emotional and spiritual intelligence, and psychological well-being should be applied in the curriculum at the counsellor training level in university so that counsellors have adequate preparation in providing effective services in schools. The Ministry of Education Malaysia, on the other hand, needs to cultivate psychological well-being interventions regularly so that counsellors can always manage various students’ issues in schools as well as maintaining psychological well-being in terms of personnel and professionals.&lt;/p&gt;

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BackgroundThis study investigated Spiritual beliefs in various types of Dissociative disorder(DD).MethodForty-four subjects diagnosed as dissociative disorder with their types according to ICD 10 diagnostic criteria, free of major comorbidities included in the study. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire, the Spirituality Involvement and Belief Scale revised (SIBS-R) after validating in Hindi.ResultsMean total SIBS scores were significantly different among various types of DD. Trance and possession type of DD had significantly higher spirituality score than NOS(p= .003), amnesia(p= .046) and motor type(p= .001) and insignificantly high SIBS score than convulsion(p= .331) and mixed type(p= .102). Scores of core spirituality factor were significantly higher in trance and possession type.ConclusionOur study demonstrates a distinct pattern of spiritual beliefs among various types of Dissociative disorder with higher scores in Trans and possession type. This study might be helpful to delineate, differentiate and understand the psychopathological aspects of spiritual beliefs in various types of dissociative disorder. In future, study designs measuring association of spiritual beliefs with dissociative severity including healthy controls can be promising.

СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ МОЛОДОГО ПОКОЛЕНИЯ РОССИИ В УСЛОВИЯХ РАЗВИВАЮЩЕЙСЯ СФЕРЫ ТУРИЗМА: СОЦИАЛЬНО-ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ АСПЕКТ

The article regards the potential of tourism and its role in shaping the identity of the young generation of modern Russia. The civil formation of professionals is revealed as a socio-cultural process, striving for a sacred image, synthesizing the diversity of geographical, national and religious features of our Fatherland. The cultivation of the spiritual involvement of a person in a tourist trip around his native land is substantiated

A Correlation Study between Suicidal Ideation, Psychological Wellbeing, Perceived Physical Health and Spiritual Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic

“Suicidal ideation” is a major concern for us today. With changing world dynamics, it is important to re-study it again and again. The aim of this research study was to analyze the suicidal ideation of young people in the age group of 20-30 and understand the relation it has to one’s psychological wellbeing, perceived physical health and their spiritual involvement. With current scenario of lockdown it became highly relevant to understand suicidal ideation among people. Covid-19 pandemic had affected every individual globally on some level may it be economic, social, psychological or physical. During 2020, the cases of suicides and mental health issues were also reported higher than usual. Hence this study was undertaken to analyze suicidal ideation among people if any and their psychological well-being, perceived physical health and spiritual involvement. Study was applied on 122 people and four tests were used to analyze all suicidal ideation. perceived physical health, spiritual involvement and psychological wellbeing. The study has been supported with relevant literature and statistics.

Academic stress in adolescent students of an islamic-based school: the correlation with parenting style and spirituality.

BackgroundAdolescents are vulnerable to experiencing academic stress because of exams and their expectations about their careers. Proper parenting styles from parents can reduce students’ academic stress. Also, Islamic-based schools develop youth spirituality so it can reduce academic stress. This study aimed to identify the correlation of parenting styles and spirituality with academic stress in adolescent students of an Islamic-based school.Design and MethodsThe study was used descriptive correlative with a cross-sectional approach. Data was collected online started from April 3rd to May 10th, 2020, with 109 respondents of the 12th-grade senior student at Islamic-based high school MAN Jakarta Timur. Respondents were selected by simple random sampling. This study used the Parental Care Style Questionnaire, the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale, and the Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents. Data were analysed using the Pearson correlation analysis (CI 95%).ResultsThere was a significant negative correlation between the democratic parenting style and academic stress level (p=0.000). There was a negative correlation between spirituality level and academic stress level (p=0.000).ConclusionsThis study suggests the parents use the democratic parenting style by encouraging and giving comfort to their children to be open to their parents about academic problems. Islamic-based schools should carry out routine religious programs, such as reading the Qur'an every day before classes start.

African Pragmatic Spiritualism as Neo-Science: A Bergsonian/Whiteheadian Critique of Hountondji

Arguably, spiritualism is the most central of African philosophical systems. Amongst Africans, all reality is replete with spiritual involvement a pragmatic involvement. Spiritualism is typical and topical all around traditional African cultures, empirically manifested in all areas of human knowledge and experience including medicine, communication and transportation, entertainment, and the disquisition of justice. African spiritual capacity is a pragmatic reflection of African didactic strides. While this categorization may be apt and adequate for those sympathetic with truth and the African course, it, however, is either untrue or unscientific, a mark of primitivism. Clearly, it is outmoded and untenable to some others, including the Ivoirian-born Beninese Paulin Hountondji. This work reviews the major substance of Hountondji’s critical views on African spiritualism with a view to debunking them by adducing by the canons set by the process philosophies of Henry Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead. The trajectory attempts to build a theoretical pedestal for the grounding of an African esoteric philosophy, which is at once uniquely spiritual and pragmatic—hence the phrase, pragmatic spiritualism or spiritual pragmatism; a method and model recommended for wider feat in all human affairs and dealings with nature.

Associations between Religion/Spirituality, Family Characteristics, and Mental Health among Parents with Children with Developmental Delay

ABSTRACT Introduction: Parenting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be stressful; however, families with religious beliefs may have positive ways of viewing their family. This study explored the associations between religious and spiritual involvement (RSI), family characteristics, parent mental health, and child adaptive and problem behaviors among 180 primary caregivers and their 3-year-old children with developmental delay (DD). Method: This study investigated if RSI was related to family characteristics, parent depression and stress, and if RSI predicted parent mental health after accounting for child and family characteristics. Results: Associations between RSI, family characteristics (parent age, education, income) and parenting stress, but not depression, were found. RSI did not predict parent mental health after accounting for relevant child and family characteristics. Conclusion: RSI may play an important role in the mental health of parents of children with developmental delay; however, other child and contextual factors relate strongly to parent wellbeing.

Connection between spiritual involvement and psychological well-being among the congregation of the Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

The article focuses on the study of the interaction of spiritual involvement, topical religious feelings, the specifics of religious motivation and subjective well-being among parishioners of the Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists. The experimental data consisted of 80 respondents from the congregation of the churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists with 40 men and 40 women involved. We have used a self-designed questionnaire to measure religious involvement, INSPIRIT test made by Jared Kass to measure the topicality of spiritual experiences, a religious motivation questionnaire constructed by Irena Stojković &amp; Jovan Mirić to study motivation and Subjective Well-Being Scale method to measure subjunctive well-being. The mathematical analysis of the results included Pearson's correlation coefficient with bilateral rotation, Student's t-test was used to seek possible differences between subgroups, all the calculations were made in MC Excel and SPSS programmes. The study showed that the INSPIRIT test results have significant positive correlation with the data of the religious involvement questionnaire, r = 0.71 (P ≤ 0.01). The INSPIRIT test results also have positive correlation with the data of the Scale of Religion as the highest value of religious motivation test, r = 0.55 (P ≤ 0.01). The correlation analysis showed that Evangelical Christians’-Baptists’ spiritual involvement (questionnaire) and vividness of spiritual experiences (INSPIRIT) are highly interconnected, that is to say, persons who more frequently attend church recommended events and perform spiritual practices have more vivid subjunctive spiritual experience. A number of specific features of Baptists are discovered by the questionnaire on religious motivation.

Юродство как подвиг истинной святости в творчестве русских писателей XIX века

&lt;p&gt;The article studies the phenomenon of &amp;ldquo;foolishness-for-Christ&amp;rdquo; depicted in the works of Russian writers of the 19 century, e.&amp;nbsp;g. A.&amp;nbsp;Pushkin&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Boris Godunov&lt;/em&gt;, O.&amp;nbsp;Somov&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Fool-for-Christ&lt;/em&gt;, A.&amp;nbsp;Ostrovsky&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Kozma Zakharyich Minin, Sukhoruk&lt;/em&gt;, L.&amp;nbsp;Tolstoy&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Childhood&lt;/em&gt;. The novelty of the research is presented primarily in the use of an axiological method for analysis of works of fiction as well as in interpretation of characters in terms of theology which proves that a &amp;ldquo;God&amp;rsquo;s fool&amp;rdquo; is shown as a person of an inverse perspective. The characters cannot be considered as part of the joking culture and the game, their life is never divided into night and day time, inner or outerdomains. They exist in the realm of &amp;ldquo;foolishness-in-Christ&amp;rdquo; that proves that while living in this world they belong to a different one and obey another law. In the studied literary works all the &amp;ldquo;holy fool&amp;rdquo; characters are marked by deep spiritual involvement and apparent conciliarism. They treat people with childlike sincerity and unselfishness personifying, thus, the Christian ideal of the writers. In these literary works &amp;ldquo;foolishness-for-Christ&amp;rdquo; displaying traits of national mentality is presented as the avatar of Christian faith manifested in a complete denial of worldly life and values, the first of which is &amp;ldquo;the wisdom of the world&amp;rdquo; (1&amp;nbsp;Kor.&amp;nbsp;3:18&amp;mdash;19).&lt;/p&gt;

RUQYAH SEBAGAI PENGOBATAN BERBASIS SPIRITUAL UNTUK MENGATASI KESURUPAN

AbstractThe existence of spiritual involvement in handling possession, this purpose article to describe the implementation of ruqyah possessed by patients in Nashrun Minallah boarding school and spiritual interpretation in the implementation of ruqyah. This type of research is qualitative, with interview and observation research methods. The research subjects are 1 ruqyah and 1 assistant. The results showed that two types of trance experienced by patients were possessed by psychic and physical disorders, the main process in ruqyah was blades, then safeguards developed by patients with independent ruqyah with necessary health assistance. Spiritual has a significant role in the ruqyah process which is carried out to deal with patients suffering from spiritual illness in the form of possession. Keywords: ruqyah, spiritual medicine, possessed.

Spirituality and Depression with Self-Moving Trends in Adolescents: Empirical Evidence in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia is the 14th country with the highest suicide rate in the world and the 8th highest country in ASEAN. Yogyakarta is the city that places the second rank in Indonesia with the highest child and adolescent suicide rates. The purpose of this study is to analyze spirituality and depression with suicidal tendencies in adolescents in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. The population in this study were high school and vocational high school students in the Gunungkidul Yogyakarta subdistrict, amounting to 988 students. The number of samples was 301 sampling techniques using purposive sampling. With inclusion criteria: students aged 15-24 years, not being treated in hospital. When the research was conducted in 12 months. Data collection techniques used in this study to capture data about Spirituality Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale (SIBS), depression was measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II. The method used is of quantitative research using multiple regression. This study found that there is a significant relationship between depression and suicidal tendencies.

Exploring religious and/or spiritual identities: part 2 – a descriptive analysis of those who are at risk for health problems

ABSTRACTPrevious analysis of the data that are used in this study reveal that compared to people who self-identify as religious and spiritual, spiritual only, and neither religious nor spiritual, study participants who are religious only are more likely to experience physical and mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to conduct a descriptive analyses that is designed to see why this may be so. Differences between the religious only and members of the other categories combined were assessed on seven clusters of religious/spiritual variables. The findings reveal that those who are religious only have lower levels of religious practices (e.g., church attendance), they are less likely to exchange informal support with fellow church members, they are less likely to rely on religious coping responses, and they are less likely to possess virtues that have typically been associate with greater religious and spiritual involvement (i.e., compassion, forgiveness, and humility).