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Efficacy of religious rituals for persons in late life maintaining spiritual well-being
Paul Falkowski
Paperback. ProQuest, UMI Dissertation Publishing 2011-08-29.
ISBN 9781243014382
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The purpose of this study was to determine, among persons in late life, i.e., over the age of 65, the efficacy of the practice of religious rituals to produce and/or maintain a sense of spiritual well-being. For people experiencing the challenges of late life, religious rituals may become a salient factor for maintaining spiritual well-being (Friedman, 2003). Participants were selected from the population in Omaha independent living facilities and senior centers. Four scales were used: (1) "Ritualistic Scale - Five Dimension Scale of Religiosity" (Faulkner & DeJong, 1966), (2) "Ritualism Scale--Maranell's Religiosity Scales, " (Maranell, 1974), (3) Religious Orientation Scale (Allport & Ross, 1967), and (4) the "Spiritual Well-Being Scale" (Paloutzian & Ellsion, 1982). The results were used to determine correlations between the subjects' preference for formal ritualism in their worship services, the frequency of formal rituals in their daily lives, their current intrinsic/extrinsic religious orientation, and their self-reported spiritual well-being. Correlational analysis and multiple regression analysis of the data shows that a positive relationship of .27 where p
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