- Title
- Connectedness: At the heart of resiliency and spiritual well-being
- Creator
- Fisher, John
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/41262
- Identifier
- vital:5816
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781619424753
- Abstract
- Studies in resliency often stand alongside those of health deficits, pointing to positive ways in which the well-being of young people can be addressed, (often) in and through education. The underlying theme of 'connectedness' or building relationships, which is gaining in importance in resliency discussions, also undergirda research in spiritual well-being. This paper reports how spiritual dissonance was identified among 1734 students aged 8-19 years, in non-government schools, in Victoria, Australia, using quantitatative spiritual well-being questionnaires called SHALOM and Feeling Good, Liing Life. The Quality Of Life Influences Survey was also used to gauge the strength of relationships (ie. connectedness) of each student to provide support for resiliency, especially among American youth. The students classified as spiritual 'dissonants' reported lower levels of support from parents, school teachers and principals, female friends and God, together with themselves, in building relationships with self, others, environment and/or God. Spiritual well-being is reflected in the quality of relationships in these four domains. The dissonants also showed higher levels of psychoticism and lower levels of happiness, the inverse of depression. How well students connect, especially with themselves and God, influences their spritual well-being and resilience.
- Publisher
- Hauppauge Nova Science Publishers
- Relation
- Handbook on spirituality: Belief systems, societal impact, and roles in coping p. 265-277
- Rights
- © 2011, Nova Science Publishers.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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