Comparative study of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life among retirees and postretirement employees

Author

al-Qadi, Ayman Abd al-Jalil Muhammad

Source

International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences

Issue

Vol. 8, Issue 2 (31 Aug. 2019), pp.85-94, 10 p.

Publisher

Kie University

Publication Date

2019-08-31

Country of Publication

Syria

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to investigate the inter-correlations of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life.

Additionally, the aim was to find out the differences in mean scores of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life between retirees and post-retirement employees.

The sample consisted of people with Bachelor Degree.

Retirees sample consisted of 60 participants (52 men, and 8 women), while post-retirement employees consisted of 60 participants (all of them were men).

The Self-Transcendence Scale (STS) (Reed 2018), The Spirituality Index of Well-Being (SIWB) (Daaleman and Frey 2004), The Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) (Scheier, Carver and Bridges, 1994) and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (Steger, Frazier, Oishi and Kaler 2006) were used.

The data were analyzed with Pearson correlation.

The t-test was used.

Findings indicated that there were significant positive correlations between self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life.

Self-transcendence correlated positively with spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life.

Spiritual well-being correlated positively with optimism and meaning in life.

There were differences in mean scores of self-transcendence, optimism and meaning in life between retirees and post-retirement employees.

However there was not difference in spiritual well-being between the two groups.

Findings were discussed and conclusion was included.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Qadi, Ayman Abd al-Jalil Muhammad. 2019. Comparative study of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life among retirees and postretirement employees. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences،Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.85-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-974319

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Qadi, Ayman Abd al-Jalil Muhammad. Comparative study of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life among retirees and postretirement employees. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences Vol. 8, no. 2 (Aug. 2019), pp.85-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-974319

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Qadi, Ayman Abd al-Jalil Muhammad. Comparative study of self-transcendence, spiritual well-being, optimism and meaning in life among retirees and postretirement employees. International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences. 2019. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp.85-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-974319

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 93-94

Record ID

BIM-974319