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A study of the role of Islamic spirituality in happiness of Muslim citizens

Author: Amiruddin, Amiruddin ; Qorib, Muhammad ; Zailani, Zailani Subjects: Analysis ; Belief & doubt ; Happiness ; Heart ; Islam ; islamic spirituality ; Mental disorders ; Mental health ; Muslims ; Religion ; Russia ; Society ; Spirituality ; Success ; Values Is Part Of: Hervormde teologiese studies, 2021, Vol.77 (4), p.e1-e5 Description: Recreation and joy are considered as the basic needs of humans. When the human body and soul get tired, they yearn refreshment through various means. Since the primary goal of Islam is true perfection of humans and achieving higher meaning and purpose in life, the happiness emphasised in this school of thought must be such that it does not conflict with the goal of creation and the ultimate perfection of humans. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the role of Islamic spirituality in the happiness of 5000 citizens of Volga Federal District in Russia. The statistical population of the study was selected by simple random sampling method and the collected data was analysed by Structural Equation Modelling method in the LISREL software. The results indicated the positive role of Islamic spirituality in determining the happiness among citizens (Path Coefficient: 0.821; T value: 24.83). Hence, human beings should look for happiness in life through circumstances that can control the critical factors and create the ground for happiness and self-esteem, which is nothing but religion, religious actions and behaviours, and spirituality. Therefore, in order to experience greater happiness and to be immune to anxiety and depression, one should follow the religion and Islamic spirituality, and achieve a greater sense of happiness by remembering God and performing religious actions and behaviours. Contribution This article contributes to the relationship between happiness, human body and religious beliefs. Publisher: Pretoria: African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS Language: lang.eng ; afr Identifier: ISSN: 0259-9422; EISSN: 2072-8050; DOI: 10.4102/hts.v77i4.6655 Source: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals; Black Studies Center

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Spirituality and Therapeutic Action

Author: Cohen, Victor Contributor: Plante, Thomas G Subjects: Cognitive Behavior Therapy ; Existential Therapy ; Human ; Humanistic Psychotherapy ; Meditation ; Object Relations ; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ; Psychotherapy ; Spirituality ; Suffering Is Part Of: Spirituality in clinical practice (Washington, D.C.), 2019, Vol.6 (2), p.135-138 Description: This article presents the viewpoint that spirituality, as reflected in various traditions from around the world, suggests an alternative perspective on how one overcomes suffering and moves toward having a happy life. This viewpoint is drawn from lived experiences of the author, a clinical psychologist steeped in Eastern spiritual traditions who integrates his meditation practice and spiritual perspective with his practice of psychodynamic, object relations, existential, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches to working with clients. Many current therapeutic methods are utilizing and incorporating mindfulness (Harris, 2009; Kurtz, 2007; Linehan, 1993; Ogden, Minton, & Pain, 2006; Wallin, 2015), the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of which have been empirically studied and supported (Davis & Hayes, 2011; Fraser, 2013). However, various meditative traditions diverge radically from the empirical perspective in how they understand cause and effect and the process of growth and change. The author suggests that spirituality speaks directly to clinical problems and recommends the inclusion of the associated mysterious, powerful, and joyful healing experiences in our understanding of therapeutic process. The author presents several clinical and personal spiritual experiences. He discusses their therapeutic benefit and the difficulty in pinning down the mechanism of action in such instances, suggesting that activities in the spiritual realm may be apparent and experienceable while also remaining unknowable or incomprehensible in certain ways. His viewpoint is that such phenomena should not be ignored or undervalued in mainstream psychology. Publisher: Educational Publishing Foundation Language: English Identifier: ISSN: 2326-4500; EISSN: 2326-4519; DOI: 10.1037/scp0000169 Source: APA PsycArticles®

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Spirituality and childbirth: An international virtual co–operative inquiry

Author: Crowther, Susan A. ; Hall, Jenny ; Balabanoff, Doreen ; Baranowska, Barbara ; Kay, Lesley ; Menage, Diane ; Fry, Jane Subjects: Adult ; Childbirth ; Delivery, Obstetric ; Female ; Humans ; Maternal Health Services ; Midwifery ; Nursing Care - psychology ; Parturition - psychology ; Pregnancy ; Spiritual Therapies - psychology ; Spirituality Is Part Of: Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives, 2021, Vol.34 (2), p.e135- e145 Description: Medicalised maternity systems do not address spirituality as an aspect of childbirth and its practices of care. Neglecting the spiritual nature of childbirth may negatively affect psychological, emotional and physical wellbeing. While there is growing interest in the spiritual side of childbirth there is a paucity of literature on the topic, and hence a lack of understanding generally about how to attend to women’s needs for emotional and spiritual support in childbirth. To collaboratively and through consensus explore ways that spirituality could be honoured in 2st Century maternity care. An online co-operative inquiry. Starting with a scoping exercise (N=17) nine co-inquirers continued to Phase One using online discussion boards and seven co-inquirers continued to Phase Two and Three. Co-inquirers were involved in international group work and individual reflective and transformational processes throughout. Four reflective themes emerged: ‘meaning and sense-making’; ‘birth culture’; ‘embodied relationships and intuition’; and ‘space/place/time’. ‘Spiritual midwifing’ was an overarching theme. There were eight areas of individual transformation and actions concerning spirituality and birth: 1) disseminating inquiry findings; 2) motivating conversations and new ways of thinking; 3) remembering interconnectedness across time and spaces; 4) transforming relationships; 5) transforming practice; 6) generating reflexivity; 7) inspiring self and others to change, and 8) inspiring creativity. Spiritual awareness around birth experience emerges through relationships and is affected by the spatial environment. Spiritual midwifing is a relational approach to birth care that recognises and honours the existential significance and meaningfulness of childbirth. Publisher: Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd Language: English Identifier: ISSN: 1871-5192; EISSN: 1878-1799; DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.02.004; PMID: 32063529 Source: Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

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Spirituality and Positive Psychology

Author: Roussiau, Nicolas ; Bailly, Nathalie ; Bellehumeur, Christian ; Bilodeau, Cynthia ; Renard, Elise ; Navarro, Oscar ; Tapia-Follem, Cesar O ; van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus Subjects: SDG 13 - Climate Action ; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Is Part Of: Frontiers in psychology, 2022, Vol.13 Description: Spirituality is a research theme at the crossroads of different methodological, theoretical and epistemological orientations. In recent years, psychological research on spirituality has multiplied. This special issue aims to examine the links between positive psychology and spirituality, whether religious or non-religious. Although spirituality encompasses and transcends the field of psychology, there are many points of convergence between the two fields. Positive psychology aims to promote self-fulfillment at the level of individuals and groups, in inter-individual and institutional relationships, but also at the social and political level. Spirituality as a distinct and universal component of human experience participates in the process of individual fulfillment. It is in this way that this Research Topic advocates an integrative perspective, which is also meant to be critical. The central issue of this topic concerns the advances that associate spirituality and positive psychology themes. It concerns the presentation of recent works at the personal level (on well-being, happiness, self-esteem, optimism, the meaning of life), at the interpersonal level (psychosocial skills, friendship, gratitude, empathy, family life), as well as at the social and political level (eco-citizen behaviors, volunteering, institutional good treatment, humanitarian and social actions). In this perspective, more specific aspects of spirituality such as spiritual intelligence, spiritual needs, spiritual accompaniment, spiritual well-being, spiritual connection, spiritual coping or the different forms of spirituality (religious, independent, humanist spirituality) or the links between spirituality and the connection to nature can be addressed. To illustrate the theoretical and methodological reflections, the themes addressed may concern the links between spiritual approaches and the relationship to natural environments, to physical and mental health (gerontology, addictions, anxiety), to the clinic of the subject in a psychotherapeutic perspective, to education and to the professional world in general. Research in an intercultural perspective or in connection with the field of emotions (wonder, gratitude, compassion) or that of so-called spiritual practices (mindfulness meditation, artistic experiences) can be presented. Spirituality is understood in a religious as well as in a non-religious (areligious) way. Proposals may address questions of conceptual clarification (theoretical and epistemological) as well as methodological contributions and empirical results (from qualitative and/or empirical studies). Language: English Identifier: ISSN: 1664-1078; EISSN: 1664-1078

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The relationship between spirituality and aggression in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross- sectional study among Iranian nurses

Author: Harati, Hossein ; Mohsenipouya, Hossein ; Mousavinasab, Nouraddin ; Sangani, Alireza ; Alam, Md Khorshed ; Mamun, Mohammed A Contributor: Elhadi, Muhammed Subjects: Adult ; Aggression ; Aggressive behavior ; Aggressiveness ; Aggressiveness (Psychology) ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Correlation ; Correlation coefficient ; Correlation coefficients ; COVID-19 ; COVID-19 - epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Data analysis ; Demographics ; Evaluation ; Forecasts and trends ; Humans ; Iran - epidemiology ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Middle Aged ; Nurses ; Nursing care ; Pandemics ; People and Places ; Psychological factors ; Random sampling ; Regression analysis ; Research and Analysis Methods ; Sampling methods ; Social Sciences ; Sociodemographics ; Spiritual Therapies ; Spirituality ; Statistical sampling ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Variance analysis ; Workplace ; Young Adult Is Part Of: PloS one, 2022, Vol.17 (12), p.e0279247-e0279247 Description: Aggression towards nurses in the workplace arises from various reasons, reportedly increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where aggression can be maintained by spiritual well-being, as it is said that spirituality is a coping skill and psychological well-being maintainer-but there is little known, especially during the pandemic. Thus, this study explored the effect of spirituality on aggression among the nurses working in the COVID-19 wards. This cross-sectional data from 200 nurses involved in the COVID-19 patient treatment were collected using a random sampling method from four hospitals in East Mazandaran province, Iran. Responses were collected based on socio-demographics, Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and Paloutzian & Ellison Spiritual Well-being Scale. T-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression were applied for data analysis. The mean age of nurses was 31.49±6.88 (range: 21-48) years. Nurses working in the COVID-19 wards have a mean score of spiritual health of 67.21±12.84 (out of 120), whereas 51.77±10.96 (out of 116) was for aggression. The results showed a significant negative weak correlation between aggression and spiritual health (r = -.285, p<0.01). As per regression analysis, spiritual health [β = -.264], age [β = -.374], and working experience [β = 4.156] were the significant factors associated with aggression (p<0.05). It is evident that nurses who consider spirituality in their life actions are in a state of reduced negative emotions, such as aggression. Thus, policymakers and managers of the healthcare settings are suggested to promote spirituality among the nurses through spiritual care education, providing the ground for promoting spirituality and a positive attitude towards it. Publisher: United States: Public Library of Science Language: English Identifier: ISSN: 1932-6203; EISSN: 1932-6203; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279247; PMID: 36542619 Source: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection; Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection

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“Peaceful workplace” only a myth?: Examining the mediating role of psychological capital on spirituality and nonviolence behaviour at the workplace

Author: Sarkar, Ayatakshee ; Garg, Naval Subjects: Behavior ; Bibliometrics ; Bootstrap methods ; Capital ; Collaboration ; Conditioning ; Conflict resolution ; Consciousness ; Contemporary literature ; Corporate culture ; Empathy ; Employees ; Facilitation ; Financial institutions ; Intervention ; Jainism ; Listening ; Mediation ; Meditation ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; Nonviolence ; Optimism ; Organization development ; Organizational culture ; Policy making ; Reliability ; Religion ; Resilience ; Self-efficacy ; Spirituality ; Sympathy ; Values ; Violence ; Workplace violence Is Part Of: The International journal of conflict management, 2020, Vol.31 (5), p.709-728 Description: Purpose Though violence is very much prevalent in modern organizations, unfortunately, researchers and practitioners have given very little attention in creating an organizational culture based on nonviolence. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between individual spirituality and non-violence work behaviour. It also investigates the mediating role of four constructs of psychological capital (hope, optimism, resilience and self-efficacy). Design/methodology/approach Collected data is subjected to rigorous reliability, validity and common method biasness tests. Further mediation is analyzed with the help of hierarchical regression, Sobel test and bootstrapping estimates. Findings The results show that all four dimensions of psychological capital partially mediate the relationship of individual spirituality and non-violent behaviour at the workplace. The practical and theoretical implications of the study are also discussed. Research limitations/implications Although the study produces significant results, it has certain limitations, too, which can be addressed in future research. Firstly, as psychological capital is a state like construct, the responses of the participants may vary from time to time, leading to biases. Secondly, the study is confined only to manufacturing, IT/ITES and financial institutions. It can be duplicated to other sectors as well to assess its generality. Future researchers may adopt both quantitative and qualitative methodology to explore the field. Even experimental research may help to understand these work behaviours. Although the study has been conducted in business organization the purpose is not to limit it to the workplace context. It is relevant to all sectors and across all domains. Practical implications The findings have revealed individual spirituality as a significant predictor of nonviolence behaviour at the workplace. Thus managers, leaders, policymakers or organizational development practitioners need to facilitate spirituality at the workplace and introduce spiritual-based interventions such as meditation, yoga and several other mindfulness practices. Even organizational training, which is considered to be essential to human resource development, needs to develop a spiritual development program and also to examine the impact of such programs on organizational outcomes (Dent et al. , 2005). Organizational interventions that facilitate mindfulness practices, yoga and meditation will enhance nonviolence communication through empathy and compassion-based listening, meaningful dialogues, through connecting employees with universal human values/needs. Social implications The primary objective of the study is to foster conflict prevention in society rather than conflict resolution. With the help of the study, the authors understand the importance of spiritual intervention and its impact on the elevation of people's values, beliefs and attitudes. Major organisations such as Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook have already started to develop spiritual interventions at their workplace. It is an excellent time to capitalize on India's rich spiritual tradition that honours unity in diversity. Besides, an organization's facilitation to connect to employee’s actions with spiritual values can overcome cultural conditioning that triggers violence and help in making a more meaningful place to work. Thus, impacting the society from a macro perspective. Originality/value This is one of the pioneer studies that tried to unlock the “black-box” of mechanism through which individual spirituality impacts non-violent work behaviour. Publisher: Bowling Green: Emerald Group Publishing Limited Language: English Identifier: ISSN: 1044-4068; EISSN: 1758-8545; DOI: 10.1108/IJCMA-11-2019-0217 Source: ABI-INFORM Complete