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Spiritual Well-Being: Conceptualization and Measurement
Abstract
Recent attempts to measure the quality of life or subjective well-being show promise for a more helpful and accurate appraisal of the collective and individual state of people than objective, economically-oriented indicators have allowed. Unfortunately, the quality of life movement has virtually ignored the religious dimension of life and the part that such beliefs and practices play in well-being. In response to this void, Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) have developed a Spiritual Well-Being Scale which measures both religious and existential well-being. This article reports on the conceptualization of the spiritual well-being dimension, development of the scale, research which has utilized the scale, and suggests directions for future research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ellison, C. W.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychology and Theology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1983-12
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 330-338
- ISSN
- 0091-6471 (ISSN-L)
- 2328-1162
- OpenAlex
- W2464153053
- Cited by
- 1,480
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 0.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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