Dimensions of religious/spiritual well-being and schizotypal personality

Dimensions of religious/spiritual well being (RSWB; such as hope, forgiveness, or general religiosity) have been examined comprehensively, and its positive relation to subjective well-being has been confirmed. However, there also might be facets of RSWB linked to mental illness (e.g. delusional idea...

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Published inPersonality and individual differences Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 360 - 364
Main Authors Unterrainer, H.F., Huber, H.P., Sorgo, I.M., Collicutt, J., Fink, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2011
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Magical thinking
Medical sciences
Mental illness
Personality
Personality disorders
Personality factors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosis
Religiosity
Religious aspects
Schizotypy
Spiritual wellbeing
Spirituality
Psychosis
Spirituality
Schizotypy
Magical thinking
Personality factors
Human
Schizotypal personality
Magical thought
Religion
Well being
Personality disorder
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Summary:Dimensions of religious/spiritual well being (RSWB; such as hope, forgiveness, or general religiosity) have been examined comprehensively, and its positive relation to subjective well-being has been confirmed. However, there also might be facets of RSWB linked to mental illness (e.g. delusional ideas). The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between different dimensions of RSWB, magical thinking as an indicator of schizotypy and Eysenck´s three personality factors (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism), as there might be facets of RSWB also linked to mental illness (e.g. delusional ideas). One hundred and two undergraduate students (53 female, 49 male) completed the Multidimensional Inventory of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (MI-RSWB), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire in short version (EPQ-RK) together with the Magical Ideation Scale. Results indicate that facets of RSWB based on magical thinking could also be understood as neurotic symptoms. This underlines the hypothesis, that there might be pathogenetic as well as salutogenetic aspects of religiosity/spirituality associated with personality and subjective well-being.
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ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.007