Physical health and its relationship to psychological and spiritual well-being of the elderly women religious

Date of Publication

1997

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling

Subject Categories

Counseling | Education | Educational Psychology

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Salud P. Evangelista

Defense Panel Chair

Dr. Naomi R. Ruiz

Defense Panel Member

Carmelita Pabiton
Ma. Belen L. Vergara

Abstract/Summary

This study determines the relationship between physical health and the psychological and spiritual well-being of the elderly religious women of India. It also investigates the moderating effect of age on the above-mentioned correlations. One hundred and thirty-five elderly women religious participated in this descriptive comparative correlational study. Eighty-six belonged to the young-old category (55-64 years) while forty-nine belonged to the old-old category (65 years and above). The instruments used in this study were De Vore Johnson Illness Survey (DJIS), Life Satisfaction Index (LSI), and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS). The mean, standard deviations, and percentages were computed to determine the physical health status of the respondents, and their psychological, and spiritual well-being. Pearson r was used to determine the relationship of physical health with psychological and spiritual well-being. Fisher's Z was computed in determining the moderating effect of age on the aforementioned correlations between the variables.

The results of this study revealed that the respondents experienced moderate physical health and a high level of psychological and spiritual well-being when taken as one group. A very similar pattern of health status was observed when the respondents were divided into groups of young-old and old-old. The findings showed no significant relationship between physical health and psychological well-being. A low significant positive correlation was indicated between physical health and spiritual well-being when the respondents were taken as one group. However, no significant correlation existed when they were categorized as young-old and old-old. It was revealed that age had no significant moderating effect on the correlations of physical health with the psychological and spiritual well-being of the respondents. This study arrived at the following conclusions:(1) The psychological and spiritual well-beings of the elderly women religious were independent of their physical health (2) The interactions of physical health with psychological and spiritual well-being of the nuns were not related to age and,(3) The SABS life style was effective in enhancing health in its three dimensions of the women religious.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG02611

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

127 leaves

Keywords

Monastic and religious life of women; Aged women -- Psychology; Health; Spiritual life; Aging -- India

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