Pub Date : 2022-03-09DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2045664
Laura Upenieks
ABSTRACT One central finding of the religion-health literature which has stood the test of time is that participation in religious congregations is linked with a vast array of health and mental health benefits in later life. In this study, we probe why this might be so by considering the role of spiritual support, defined as assistance given by fellow church members with the purpose of bolstering the religious beliefs and behaviors of the recipient. Using longitudinal data from a sample of older adults from the 2001–2004 Religion, Health, and Aging Study, results from lagged dependent variable models suggest that greater spiritual support at baseline was associated with lower depression, an association which was partially explained by perceptions of God-mediated control (viewing God as a collaborative partner). We situate our findings within socioemotional selectivity theory and gerotranscendence theory and offer practical implications of our results for religious or pastoral clinicians.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2047254
J. Ellor
In this issue we have a widespread of different topics, some of which I considered “emerging issues” (“Green Buildings” & “Elderly at home”). There are a number of fire related topics that are closely related to climate change, ageing population, and energy. There is a need for us to start to take these topics a lot more into consideration and simply just start to work on them (read plan ahead for them). In future numbers we will always include some of these topics, fire safety is not only advanced engineering solutions to solve problem; it can also be much simpler than that. Just thinking about mass refugee camps (created due to climate change, wars, economy, etc.); when it comes to fire safety for those type of settlements we need to go back to basics to solve problems (distances between “fire loads”, construction materials, alternative escapes...basically a first principles approach), a new advanced detection algorithm for a fire detector won’t solve the problems we encounter for these situations.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-22DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2041532
Juensung J. Kim, Stephanie Morris, Philip Rajewicz, M. Ferrari, John Vervaeke
ABSTRACT While there have been many advances in the psychology of wisdom in the last 30 years, mainstream research has yet to take into serious account the role of religion in developing wisdom. Instead, the majority of research has focused on the influence of age or life experience. To examine the relative contributions of faith, age, and personal wisdom to participants understanding of how wisdom develops, the narratives of 16 participants, 8 scoring high on the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale and 8 scoring low, from 2 age cohorts (18–25 and 60–85) and 4 religious backgrounds (Atheist, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim) were analyzed for themes and implicit narratives of developing exemplary qualities. Initial suggestion is found that while the Atheist participants discuss factors that have already been accounted for in the present literature on the development of wisdom, participants from religious groups, particularly Buddhist and Muslim participants, discuss adherence to a traditional path of learning as being vital to developing wisdom, emphasizing the ability of the wise to bring others along the same path. Implications for present theories of wisdom and endeavours to teach for wisdom are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-08DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2038336
H. Harris, Gaynor I. Yancey, Kimberly A. Holmes, Jess Jones, Geneece L. Goertzen, Mallory Herridge
ABSTRACT The role of older adults in Christian congregations is frequently connected to both longevity in the church and financial resources to sustain the work. These two factors can be combined to create a conservative perspective, preservation of the past, and power to influence decisions about change. In a study of 21 congregations across three denominations, the researchers found that while many older adult participants would communicate a negative response to LGBTQ+ inclusion in churches, leadership, and sacraments including marriage, others were committed to and led change, often from a social justice perspective.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2032533
A. Debnath, Piyal Basu Roy, Debkumar Mukhopadhyay
ABSTRACT Spiritual practices are supposed to be helpful for living with good ‘Quality of Life’ in old age. Here, firstly, the Quality of Life (QoL) of older urbanites of an Indian town has been evaluated by using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire and the daily spiritual experience has been assessed by Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) according to the need of the respondents. The relationship between Spiritual practices and Quality of Life has been observed through Pearson correlation and the influence of spiritual practices on QoL has been assessed by regression analysis. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) has been conducted to understand the principal spiritual factors affecting QoL of elderly people. Results show that practising spirituality insists most older people to remain hopeful about their life with good mental health.
精神实践被认为有助于在老年时保持良好的“生活质量”。本文首先根据被调查者的需求，采用WHOQOL-BREF问卷对印度城镇老年人的生活质量(Quality of Life, QoL)进行了评估，并采用每日精神体验量表(daily spiritual experience Scale, DSES)对其日常精神体验进行了评估。通过Pearson相关分析观察了精神实践与生活质量的关系，并通过回归分析评估了精神实践对生活质量的影响。采用探索性因子分析(EFA)了解影响老年人生活质量的主要精神因素。结果表明，修炼精神使大多数老年人保持对生活的希望，保持良好的心理健康。
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Pub Date : 2021-12-28DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2022.2000576
J. Ellor
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Pub Date : 2021-12-16DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.2015519
M. Short, Giselle Burningham, Jenny Wright, Sabine Wardle, Ed Byford, Lynelle Osburn
ABSTRACT The role of spirituality and faith remains crucial for positive ageing. However, the voices and experiences of elders during and post-pandemic are understated. This elder-directed autoethnography considers the question: What role did your faith play in coping with social isolation? Four Christian elders narrate their spiritual journey leading to hope in uncertain times. The narratives highlight how their faith, routine, and rituals are bringing them calm, building resilience, and helping them cope with the dynamism of living in isolation. While the pandemic is immensely challenging, it is also providing the opportunity for reflection, faith-building, and encouragement to surrender to God.
{"title":"Four elders journeying ageing in isolation during uncertain or anxious times: an elder-directed, cross-disciplinary project about faith","authors":"M. Short, Giselle Burningham, Jenny Wright, Sabine Wardle, Ed Byford, Lynelle Osburn","doi":"10.1080/15528030.2021.2015519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2021.2015519","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The role of spirituality and faith remains crucial for positive ageing. However, the voices and experiences of elders during and post-pandemic are understated. This elder-directed autoethnography considers the question: What role did your faith play in coping with social isolation? Four Christian elders narrate their spiritual journey leading to hope in uncertain times. The narratives highlight how their faith, routine, and rituals are bringing them calm, building resilience, and helping them cope with the dynamism of living in isolation. While the pandemic is immensely challenging, it is also providing the opportunity for reflection, faith-building, and encouragement to surrender to God.","PeriodicalId":44539,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87726891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-16DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.2005738
Sital Gautam, J. Montayre, S. Neville
ABSTRACT Spiritual care remains a neglected dimension in the context of living in residential aged care facilities. Using a grounded theory methodology, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 Nepalese aged care residents, 3 nurses, and 4 caregivers to explore the residents’ spiritual needs and how nurses/caregivers perceive and respond to these. The analysis revealed that the process of providing spiritual care and meeting spiritual care needs are complex, which includes preparing internally, interacting with residents, integrating care, and involving in residents’ spiritual practices. To facilitate appropriate and the required spiritual care, effort to increase nurses and caregivers’ readiness and ensure managerial support are crucial.
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Pub Date : 2021-11-16DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.2001407
S. Ede, E. P. Ugwuodo, C. Okoh, Chukwuenyegom Joseph Egbumike, Deborah Adaeze Chukwu, F. Irem, U. Nwatu
ABSTRACT Africa, especially Nigeria, is reported to have high religious participation among her growing proportion of older people, yet few works are found in the literature on the impact of religiosity, or spirituality, on the health of the older people in Africa. Thus, this study explored the impact of religious participation and spirituality on the health or well-being of older Christians in Nigerian. A total of 103 Nigerian older people aged 65 years and above participated in this cross-sectional survey by responding to a researcher-administered questionnaire on the topics of religiosity, spirituality, and health status. The findings of this study demonstrated a significant correlation between the level of religious participation, the level of spirituality and psychological health, and the general well-being of older people, especially those aged 60–70 years. We conclude that religious participation and the level of spirituality of older people have an impact on their psychological health domain.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-31DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1998817
Laura Upenieks
ABSTRACT Religious or spiritual approaches to life that promise human fulfillment requires an understanding of hope, defined as feelings of confidence that things will turn out well in the future. Drawing on longitudinal data from the 2001–2004 Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, this study sought to assess how changes in two aspects of religiosity, one public (religious attendance) and one private (beliefs in God-mediated control) affect hope over time, and whether there were racial differences in these relationships. Results from lagged dependent variable models showed that stable high and increasing religious attendance and God-mediated control beliefs over time were associated with greater hope, with the latter association stronger for Black older adults. We discuss our findings by situating hope as a resource that can aid older adults in overcoming setbacks and remaining committed to their goals.
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