Religion and Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Positive Emotions
Publish place: دومین کنفرانس بین المللی مطالعات اجتماعی فرهنگی و پژوهش دینی
Publish Year: 1396
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: English
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GHADIRCONF02_271
تاریخ نمایه سازی: 29 مهر 1396
Abstract:
Abstract Research has consistently shown that endorsing a religion or spirituality is to some extent related to one’s well-being. Common studied explanations tap into the social and cognitive aspects of religion and spirituality. The present research aims at understanding how religiosity and spirituality exert their impact on well-being and investigates the role of a surprisingly neglected mechanism: positive emotions. Two cross-sectional studies using a quantitative approach are presented. In two different contexts (churchgoers in a European country and US university employees interested in meditation), results showed that the relation between religion (Study 1), spirituality (Study 2) and well-being is mediated by positive emotions. Distinguishing between more and less relevant positive emotions in a religious/spiritual context, it was found that the effect was mediated by selftranscendent positive emotions (awe, gratitude, love, and peace) but not by other positive emotions (amusement and pride).
Keywords:
Positive emotions Religion Spirituality Well-being Self-transcendent
Authors
P. Van Cappellen
Department of Psychology, CB ۳۲۷۰, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC ۲۷۵۹۹, USA
B. L. Fredrickson
Department of Psychology, CB ۳۲۷۰, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC ۲۷۵۹۹, USA
M Toth-Gauthier
Universite´ catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
V Saroglou
Universite´ catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium