Dimensions of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being and their relation to Personality and Psychological Well-Being

• Published in: Personality and individual differences Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 192 - 197
• Main Authors: Unterrainer, H.-F., Ladenhauf, K.H., Moazedi, M.L., Wallner-Liebmann, S.J., Fink, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Big Five; Biological and medical sciences; Coping; Five factor model; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Psychological wellbeing; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Religiosity; Religious aspects; Sense of Coherence; Spiritual wellbeing; Spirituality; Subjective Well-Being; Spirituality; Big Five; Sense of Coherence; Coping; Religiosity; Subjective Well-Being; Human; Religious attitude; Religion; Sense of coherence; Personality; Subjective evaluation; Big Five personality model; Psychological well-being
• ISSN: 0191-8869; 1873-3549
• DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.032

This study aims at investigating the relationship between Religious/Spiritual Well-Being and indicators of Psychological Well-Being (Global Religiosity, Hierarchy of Needs, Sense of Coherence) and the Big Five personality dimensions (including “Piety”). Religiosity/spirituality was measured by means of the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being which consists of six different subscales dealing with different facets of religiosity and spirituality (e.g. General Religiosity, Forgiveness or Hope). We observed evidence that Religious/Spiritual Well-Being is substantially correlated with different aspects of Psychological Well-Being and personality (e.g. Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness). Taken together, the findings of this study support the idea of a salutogenic function of religiosity/spirituality. In addition, this study provides evidence that religiosity and spirituality may represent important aspects of human personality. We hope that this study contributes to the ongoing discussion concerning the consideration of religiosity/spirituality as an important personality trait in the context of Psychological Well-Being.