TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality Systems, Spirituality, and Existential Well-Being
T2 - A Person-Centered Perspective
AU - Czekóová, Kristína
AU - Shaw, Daniel J.
AU - Urbánek, Tomáš
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Recent research on the salutogenic benefits of spirituality and religiosity has yielded inconsistent findings. It is suggested that such discrepancies reflect individual differences in personality, but this cannot be investigated with variable-driven approaches. The present study measured the influence of personality on the relationship between spirituality and existential well-being (EWB) from the perspective of Personality Systems Interaction theory-an approach focused on functional relationships between cognitive and affective systems, using Latent Profile Analysis. Three major results emerged: First, we identified discrete Analytical, Intuitive, and Flexible personality profiles resembling closely the prototypes reported elsewhere. Second, while preferences for intuitive cognitive processing resulted in high scores on all dimensions of spirituality and EWB, the reverse was true for individuals prone to analytical information processing, replicating previous research. Third, EWB operates independently from other spirituality dimensions, and relates differentially to distinct personality profiles. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Recent research on the salutogenic benefits of spirituality and religiosity has yielded inconsistent findings. It is suggested that such discrepancies reflect individual differences in personality, but this cannot be investigated with variable-driven approaches. The present study measured the influence of personality on the relationship between spirituality and existential well-being (EWB) from the perspective of Personality Systems Interaction theory-an approach focused on functional relationships between cognitive and affective systems, using Latent Profile Analysis. Three major results emerged: First, we identified discrete Analytical, Intuitive, and Flexible personality profiles resembling closely the prototypes reported elsewhere. Second, while preferences for intuitive cognitive processing resulted in high scores on all dimensions of spirituality and EWB, the reverse was true for individuals prone to analytical information processing, replicating previous research. Third, EWB operates independently from other spirituality dimensions, and relates differentially to distinct personality profiles. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - Cognitive style
KW - Existential well-being
KW - Latent profile analysis
KW - Personality
KW - Spirituality
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UR - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-51696-001?doi=1
U2 - 10.1037/rel0000109
DO - 10.1037/rel0000109
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994229140
SN - 1941-1022
VL - 10
SP - 307
EP - 317
JO - Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
JF - Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
IS - 4
ER -