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
Publication Date
2019-08-31
Country of Publication
Syria
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
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