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Toward a Humanistic-Phenomenological Spirituality: Definition, Description, and Measurement
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This is an account of research on spirituality being conducted by a group of professors and students at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Pepperdine University. The article presents a humanistic definition and description of spirituality based on the writings of Abraham Maslow, John Dewey, William James, Carl Jung, and others. A preliminary report is also made on the development of the Spiritual Orientation Inventory, a measure of spirituality based on the humanistic model and designed to assess the spirituality of those not affiliated with traditional religion.
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- Authors
- Elkins, D. N., Hedstrom, L. J., Hughes, L. L., Leaf, J. A., & Saunders, C.
- Venue
- Journal of Humanistic Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1988-10
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 5-18
- ISSN
- 0022-1678 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-650X
- OpenAlex
- W2110322999
- Cited by
- 752
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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