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" The Relationship Between Personality and Spiritual Well-Being in Haitian Adults "
Sarpong, Akosua
Hall, Pamela D.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1114086
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TLpq2402508316
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Hall, Pamela D.
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Sarpong, Akosua
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The Relationship Between Personality and Spiritual Well-Being in Haitian Adults\ Sarpong, AkosuaHall, Pamela D.
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Barry University
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2021
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2021
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M.S.
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52
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This study sought to examine the relationship between personality and religious/spiritual well-being in Haitian adults. The participants in this study were 79 Haitian American adults (28 males and 51 females). The study was based on archival data. The hypotheses were that the Big Five factors would correlate with and predict total spiritual well-being (TSWB), religious well-being (RWB), and existential well-being(EWB). The results were partially supported. Several of the domains of the Big Five correlated with and predicted both Total SWB, and EWB, but did correlate with or predict RWB. Agreeableness and conscientiousness both correlated with and predicted Total SWB. This result is consistent with the research that shows that there is a positive relationship between spirituality, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and a negative relationship between spirituality and neuroticism (Saroglou 2001; Wink et al., 2007). Agreeableness and conscientiousness both correlated with and predicted Total SWB. Openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness were positively correlated with EWB, and neuroticism was negatively related to EWB. Extraversion did not significantly correlate with EWB. When examining the correlations and regressions for the Big Five and RWB, there were no significant findings. These findings suggest that Haitian spirituality is more aligned with being existential than religious in the traditional way religion is operationalized in the western culture. Also, it may be that EWB is operationalized in a manner that is more consistent with Haitian adults religious and spiritual practices while RWB is not. In sum, the findings in this study were mixed concerning the relationship between the Big Five factors of personality and Spiritual well-being. This suggests that researchers should take cultural factors into consideration when drawing conclusions about personality and spiritual well-being.
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Haitian
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Personality
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Psychology
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Religion
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Spirituality
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Spirituality
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