Faith Maturity and Mental Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study of Indian American Followers of a Guru Tradition

This article is based on a longitudinal study of Indian Americans devoted to a guru tradition, aiming to explore how faith contributes to their mental well-being. Respondent sample size at phase 1 (2003-2004) was 1872 and at phase 2 (2013-2014) was 1764. Two scales were used to measure faith maturit...

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Autor principal: Pandya, Samta P. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2020]
En: Journal of religion and health
Año: 2020, Volumen: 59, Número: 2, Páginas: 743-757
Otras palabras clave:B Spirituality
B Well-being
B Faith Development
B Faith
B Indian Americans
B Religiosity
B Faith maturity
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:This article is based on a longitudinal study of Indian Americans devoted to a guru tradition, aiming to explore how faith contributes to their mental well-being. Respondent sample size at phase 1 (2003-2004) was 1872 and at phase 2 (2013-2014) was 1764. Two scales were used to measure faith maturity and well-being. Results showed that phase 2 well-being scores of the devotees were higher, influenced by faith maturity and engagement regularity, thereby corroborating the faith-religiosity-well-being link, further reinforced by the structural equation model. Faith emerges as critical variable in working with this cohort and planning interventions towards promoting their well-being.
ISSN:1573-6571
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0632-0