期刊
AGING & MENTAL HEALTH
卷 15, 期 1, 页码 97-102出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501069
关键词
spirituality; religiosity; elderly; successful aging; resilience
资金
- Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging
- John A. Hartford Foundation's Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry
- National Institute of Mental Health [MH071536, T32 MH019934-12, P30 MH080002-01]
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services [N01WH22110, 24152, 32100-2, 32105-6, 32108-9, 32111-13, 32115, 32118-32119, 32122, 42107-26, 42129-32, 44221]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [T32MH019934, R01MH071536, P30MH080002] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- WOMEN&apos
- S HEALTH INITIATIVE - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR NIH [N01WH032119, N01WH022110, N01WH032108, N01WH032122, N01WH032105, N01WH032111, N01WH032100, N01WH042129, N01WH042107, N01WH032118, N01WH032115] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Introduction: The role of spirituality in the context of mental health and successful aging is not well understood. In a sample of community-dwelling older women enrolled at the San Diego site of the Women's Health Initiative study, we examined the association between spirituality and a range of variables associated with successful cognitive and emotional aging, including optimism, resilience, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A detailed cross-sectional survey questionnaire on successful aging was completed by 1973 older women. It included multiple self-reported measures of positive psychological functioning (e.g., resilience and optimism), as well as depression and HRQoL. Spirituality was measured using a five-item self-report scale constructed using two items from the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiosity/Spirituality and three items from Hoge's Intrinsic Religious Motivation Scale. Results: Overall, 40% women reported regular attendance in organized religious practice, and 53% reported engaging in private spiritual practices. Several variables were significantly related to spirituality in bivariate associations; however, using model testing, spirituality was significantly associated only with higher resilience, lower income, lower education, and lower likelihood of being in a marital or committed relationship. Conclusions: Our findings point to a role for spirituality in promoting resilience to stressors, possibly to a greater degree in persons with lower income and education level. Future longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these associations.
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