Handbook of new spiritual consciousness theory and research
By: Ferenc Margitics.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers,Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608760046
Subjects: Tolle, Eckhart, -- 1948-; Psychology, Religious -- Research -- Methodology; Spirituality -- Research -- Methodology; Religion -- Research -- Methodology; Consciousness -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Research and Review Studies; title: Chapter 1. NEW SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS SCALE; title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1. Religion and spirituality; title: 1.2. New spiritual consciousness; title: 1.3. Research hypotheses; title: 2. RESULTS; title: 2.1. Psychometric characteristics of the New Spiritual Consciousness Scale; title: 2.2. Participants; title: 2.3. Measures; title: New Spiritual Consciousness Scale; title: 2.4. Comparative statistics; title: 3. CONCLUSION; title: REFERENCES; title: Chapter 2. NEW SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING; title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1. Subjective Well-Being; title: 1.2. Research hypotheses; title: 2. METHOD; title: 2.1. Participants; title: 2.2. Measures; title: 2.2.1 Examination of subjective well-being; title: Diener’s Life Satisfaction Scale; title: Bern Subjective Well-Being Inventory; title: 3. RESULTS; title: 3.1. Descriptive and comparative statistics; title: 3.2. Differences in subjective well-being according to the various levels of new spiritual consciousness; title: 3.3. Interrelations between the new spiritual consciousness and subjective well-being; title: 4. CONCLUSION; title: REFERENCES; title: Chapter 3. NEW SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND INDIVIDUAL ASPIRATIONS; title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1. Individual aspirations; title: 1.2. Research hypotheses; title: 2. METHOD; title: 2.1. Participants; title: 2.2. Measures; title: 2.2.2. Survey of the individual aspirations; title: Aspiration Inventory; title: 3. RESULTS; title: 3.1. Descriptive and comparative statistics; title: 3.2. Differences in individual aspirations according to the various levels of new spiritual consciousness; title: 3.3. Interrelations between the new spiritual consciousness and individual aspirations; title: 4. CONCLUSION; title: REFERENCES; title: Chapter 4. NEW SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND COPING STRATEGIES; title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1. Coping strategies; title: 1.2. Research hypotheses; title: 2. METHOD; title: 2.1. Participants; title: 2.2. Measures; title: 2.2.1. The Examination of Coping Strategies; title: Folkman–Lazarus Conflict Solving Inventory; title: 3. RESULTS; title: 3.1. Descriptive and comparative statistics; title: 3.2. Differences in the use of coping strategies according to the various levels of new spiritual consciousness; title: 3.3. Interrelations between the new spiritual consciousness and coping strategies; title: 4. CONCLUSION; title: REFERENCES; title: Chapter 5. NEW SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND DEPRESSION; title: 1. INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1. Depression; title: 1.2. Research hypotheses; title: 2. METHOD; title: 2.1. Participants; title: 2.2. Measures; title: 2.2.1. Survey of the actual symptoms of depression; title: The abridged screening version of Beck’s Depression; title: Inventory; title: 3. RESULTS; title: 3.1. Descriptive and comparative statistics; title: 3.2. Differences in the symptoms of depression according to the various levels of new spiritual consciousness; title: 3.3. Interrelations between the new spiritual consciousness and the symptoms of depression; title: 4. CONCLUSION; title: REFERENCES; title: APPENDIX A. New Spiritual Consciousness Scale; title: APPENDIX B. Use of New Spiritual Consciousness Scale; title: INDEX