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Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between personal spirituality and character strengths has not been adequately explored. We investigate this relationship in an adult sample via latent profile analysis. METHODS: Seven-hundred and sixty-three individuals aged 18 to 68years completed a survey of personal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061416 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The relationship between personal spirituality and character strengths has not been adequately explored. We investigate this relationship in an adult sample via latent profile analysis. METHODS: Seven-hundred and sixty-three individuals aged 18 to 68years completed a survey of personal spirituality (e.g., Delaney Spirituality Scale), character strengths and virtues (e.g., VIA Inventory), flourishing (i.e., general wellbeing; PERMA Profiler), and various demographic variables (e.g., age, race, sexual orientation, yearly income, education level, religiosity, importance of spirituality and religion, and religious attendance). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was performed to identity profiles of individuals based on their reported levels personal spirituality and character strengths (i.e., VIA virtues). RESULTS: A best-fitting model consisting of four distinct, non-overlapping profiles emerged. In every profile, the degree of personal spirituality was consistently associated with strengths of character. Profiles that exhibited high levels of spirituality and character also reported greater levels of flourishing. Furthermore, profiles high in spirituality and character were associated with the observance of formal religion, report of high levels of spiritual and religious importance, and report of frequent attendance of religious services. DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that spirituality and character go hand in hand, that higher levels of the conjoint spirituality and character or “spiritually grounded character” correspond to greater wellbeing and may be generated or supported by a formal religious identification, practice, and community. |
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spelling | pubmed-98785572023-01-27 Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis Ford, Tom Lipson, Josh Miller, Lisa Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: The relationship between personal spirituality and character strengths has not been adequately explored. We investigate this relationship in an adult sample via latent profile analysis. METHODS: Seven-hundred and sixty-three individuals aged 18 to 68years completed a survey of personal spirituality (e.g., Delaney Spirituality Scale), character strengths and virtues (e.g., VIA Inventory), flourishing (i.e., general wellbeing; PERMA Profiler), and various demographic variables (e.g., age, race, sexual orientation, yearly income, education level, religiosity, importance of spirituality and religion, and religious attendance). Latent profile analysis (LPA) was performed to identity profiles of individuals based on their reported levels personal spirituality and character strengths (i.e., VIA virtues). RESULTS: A best-fitting model consisting of four distinct, non-overlapping profiles emerged. In every profile, the degree of personal spirituality was consistently associated with strengths of character. Profiles that exhibited high levels of spirituality and character also reported greater levels of flourishing. Furthermore, profiles high in spirituality and character were associated with the observance of formal religion, report of high levels of spiritual and religious importance, and report of frequent attendance of religious services. DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that spirituality and character go hand in hand, that higher levels of the conjoint spirituality and character or “spiritually grounded character” correspond to greater wellbeing and may be generated or supported by a formal religious identification, practice, and community. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9878557/ /pubmed/36710823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061416 Text en Copyright © 2023 Ford, Lipson and Miller. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ford, Tom Lipson, Josh Miller, Lisa Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title | Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title_full | Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title_fullStr | Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title_short | Spiritually grounded character: A latent profile analysis |
title_sort | spiritually grounded character: a latent profile analysis |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061416 |
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