Purpose of the Study
Countless studies have researched the relationship between religion and spirituality affects a person’s health. Having that said the article examines the roles of spirituality and religiosity to determine whether these factors are associated with a person’s response to stress, in young, healthy, adult women. The study is an attempt to replicate a previous study, using middle aged adults, to understand if spirituality provides a sense of meaning in life. Researchers hypothesize that spirituality and religion is positively correlated with successful coping skills.
Sampling and Data Collection Methods
The study did not disclose the collection method used to gather participants. Nonetheless, researchers recruited 52, female, …show more content…
Following, participants are instructed to recall a time when they had been betrayed by a parent or primary caregiver. Participants are then taken into the experimental room with a blood pressure cuff to view a video of tropical fish and soft music for 10 minutes. Following the video researchers gave participants the betrayal interview. After the interview participants complete the Act of Forgiveness Scale and the TRIM Inventory. Once completed researchers permit participants a 7 minute recovery time period before given the brief structured interview.
Data Analysis Methods (specify statistical analyses used)
Data is collected, hand-scored, and entered into SPSS file. Researchers analyze the data using two methods to examine the relationships between spirituality, stress, and physical symptoms. The tools used to analysis the data are the correlational analysis and the regression analysis. The correlation analysis assesses the relationship between spirituality and forgiveness; whereas the regression analysis uses statistical figures to take stress into account.
Findings and Conclusions (report statistical values to support narrative …show more content…
Believing in a deity allows participants to remove his or herself from all negative situations. However, I believe that researchers should have explained how they collected participants in the research article. Researchers did not include the collection methods used to find participant to join into the study. I also thought that the use of an all woman participant group limited generalized findings. The article should have included males to do a normative comparison between groups. With this information researchers can compare the r-values between the group to understand if gender is a better determinant of spirituality and health. Lastly, the researchers should have followed their instincts to continue the study. By continuing the study researchers could have made the research a longitudinal study to follow the spiritual growth in participant over the course of years. This information would show if the participants beliefs strengthened or weakened, within their
Countless studies have researched the relationship between religion and spirituality affects a person’s health. Having that said the article examines the roles of spirituality and religiosity to determine whether these factors are associated with a person’s response to stress, in young, healthy, adult women. The study is an attempt to replicate a previous study, using middle aged adults, to understand if spirituality provides a sense of meaning in life. Researchers hypothesize that spirituality and religion is positively correlated with successful coping skills.
Sampling and Data Collection Methods
The study did not disclose the collection method used to gather participants. Nonetheless, researchers recruited 52, female, …show more content…
Following, participants are instructed to recall a time when they had been betrayed by a parent or primary caregiver. Participants are then taken into the experimental room with a blood pressure cuff to view a video of tropical fish and soft music for 10 minutes. Following the video researchers gave participants the betrayal interview. After the interview participants complete the Act of Forgiveness Scale and the TRIM Inventory. Once completed researchers permit participants a 7 minute recovery time period before given the brief structured interview.
Data Analysis Methods (specify statistical analyses used)
Data is collected, hand-scored, and entered into SPSS file. Researchers analyze the data using two methods to examine the relationships between spirituality, stress, and physical symptoms. The tools used to analysis the data are the correlational analysis and the regression analysis. The correlation analysis assesses the relationship between spirituality and forgiveness; whereas the regression analysis uses statistical figures to take stress into account.
Findings and Conclusions (report statistical values to support narrative …show more content…
Believing in a deity allows participants to remove his or herself from all negative situations. However, I believe that researchers should have explained how they collected participants in the research article. Researchers did not include the collection methods used to find participant to join into the study. I also thought that the use of an all woman participant group limited generalized findings. The article should have included males to do a normative comparison between groups. With this information researchers can compare the r-values between the group to understand if gender is a better determinant of spirituality and health. Lastly, the researchers should have followed their instincts to continue the study. By continuing the study researchers could have made the research a longitudinal study to follow the spiritual growth in participant over the course of years. This information would show if the participants beliefs strengthened or weakened, within their