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" Spirituality Development (Predominantly Christian): A Cluster Analysis Approach "
Aquilina, Charles Marco
Chang, Tai
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1053107
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TL52224
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Aquilina, Charles Marco
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Spirituality Development (Predominantly Christian): A Cluster Analysis Approach\ Aquilina, Charles MarcoChang, Tai
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Alliant International University
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2020
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Psy.D.
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2020
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162 p.
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The experiences of religion and spirituality change across an individual’s lifetime. The purpose of this study was to explore the number of distinct statuses of spirituality development that occurred in the data by taking an inductive approach, as opposed to assuming previously theorized (Bell, 2009; Fowler, 1981; Streib, 2001) statuses exist. The sample consisted of predominantly Caucasian (n = 330), female (n = 270), and Christian (n = 292) individuals. Much of the sample were Christian, as 206 participants identified as Protestant, 86 as Catholic, 16 as Agnostic, one as Hindu, three as Jewish, one as Muslim, 11 as Atheist, 10 as Buddhist, and 66 participants selected “other” religion. This study explored, through cluster analyses, which groups naturally formed from the data, and determined if they corresponded with existing theory. The essential findings of this study were that the data was consistent in terms of finding three previously theorized statuses. However, the criterion-related pairwise comparisons of variables showed limited to no congruence for the assertion (Fowler, 1981) that spirituality occurs in a linear, stage-like process. The finding of three additional statuses that do not correspond with existing theory implied that future research should look to conceptualize/measure additional types of spiritual people that have not been previously theorized. Researchers should look to measure these additional statuses, and recruit individuals of different races, religions, cultural backrounds, and of different regions in order to better understand spirituality statuses in a more diverse sample.
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Clinical psychology
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Religion
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Spirituality
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Chang, Tai
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Alliant International University
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