Spirituality and wellbeing in the context of a study on suicide prevention in North India
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Wagani, R. and Colucci, E. 2018. Spirituality and wellbeing in the context of a study on suicide prevention in North India. Religions. 9 (6). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9060183
Type | Article |
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Title | Spirituality and wellbeing in the context of a study on suicide prevention in North India |
Authors | Wagani, R. and Colucci, E. |
Abstract | The connection between spirituality and wellbeing, including its benefits for physical and mental health, has been recognized in the Eastern cultures for a very long time, although the sharp division between science and religion has caused, for the most part, its neglect inWestern cultures until recently. Nevertheless, limited efforts have been made to explore the impact of spirituality and religion on wellbeing, including the prevention of suicide. We begin with an overview of the literature on religiousness, spirituality, and health and wellbeing. Further, we present a novel study focused on a sample of 160 Indian students from a spiritually oriented university in North India with the aim to understand how spirituality affects their lives and wellbeing and their views about suicide. Our results show that spirituality, generally, has a positive impact on participants’ wellbeing with a potential protective effect against suicidal behavior, although more research on spiritual/religious beliefs as a source of difficulties is warranted. |
Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
Journal | Religions |
ISSN | 2077-1444 |
Publication dates | |
07 Jun 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Jun 2018 |
Submitted | 22 Mar 2018 |
Accepted | 28 May 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | Wagani R, Colucci E. Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Context of a Study on Suicide Prevention in North India. Religions. 2018; 9(6):183. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Additional information | Article number = 183 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9060183 |
Language | English |
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