Spirituality and the Successful Aging of Older Latinos

Using face-to-face interviews and a self-report questionnaire, the authors investigated the contributions of spirituality and religiosity to the well-being and levels of depression of 60 Latino adults ages 50 to 84 after controlling for age, health, education, and economic strain. Religiosity and sp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Counseling and values 2014-04, Vol.59 (1), p.17-34
Hauptverfasser: Hilton, Jeanne M, Child, Stephen L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Using face-to-face interviews and a self-report questionnaire, the authors investigated the contributions of spirituality and religiosity to the well-being and levels of depression of 60 Latino adults ages 50 to 84 after controlling for age, health, education, and economic strain. Religiosity and spirituality predicted well-being; however, increases in well-being were associated with lower levels of externalizing religiosity and higher levels of spirituality. Economic strain overshadowed all other variables in predicting depression. Thus, 2 factors predicted the psychological health of Latino elders: Economic strain predicted depression, and spiritual health predicted well-being. Several suggestions for implementing the findings are presented.
ISSN:0160-7960
2161-007X
DOI:10.1002/j.2161-007X.2014.00039.x