Different Types of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being in Relation to Personality and Subjective Well-Being |
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| Authors: | Human-Friedrich Unterrainer Karl Heinz Ladenhauf Sandra Johanna Wallner-Liebmann Andreas Fink |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Grüner Kreis Society of Rehabilitation und Reintegration of Addicted Persons , M?nichkirchen, Austria;2. Addiction Research Society (A.R.S.) , Graz, Austria;3. Institute of Pastoraltheology and Pastoralpsychology, University of Graz , Austria;4. Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University Graz , Austria;5. Institute of Psychology, University of Graz , Austria;6. Institute of Pastoraltheology and Pastoralpsychology, University of Graz , Austria;7. Addiction Research Society (A.R.S.) , Graz, Austria;8. Institute of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University Graz , Austria;9. Institute of Psychology, University of Graz , Austria |
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| Abstract: | In this study the authors attempt to present different types of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (RSWB) and discuss their relation to personality and psychological well-being. The Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being 48 is employed for this study, which consists of 6 subscales. To find different types of RSWB, an agglomerative cluster analysis on these subscales was performed based on the responses obtained in a nonclinical adult sample (n = 463). A 4-cluster solution was accepted. The clusters were labeled as Religious/Spiritual High, Religiously Oriented, Existentially Oriented, and Religious/Spiritual Low, and were found to be substantially related to Sense of Coherence (n = 263) and Six Factors of Personality (n = 200) in two different subsamples. By presenting a first empirical model for a 4-field typology of RSWB, we hope to further contribute to the ongoing discussion on how to deal with religious/spiritual issues in personality research. |
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