Illness and Immortality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Sauthoff
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Health And Healing ◽  
The Relationship

Illness and Immortality examines the role of ritual elements in rites to alleviate illness and death in medieval Śaiva Tantric practices. This includes analysis of the various forms of the deity Amṛteśa or Mṛtyuñjaya, the nature of mantra, and the relationship between the tantric practitioner and the patient. This work explores what is meant by immortality within the medieval context and how one goes about attaining it. It asks how ritual alleviates illness, what role the deity plays in health and healing, and finally who has access to the rites described within the text. Central to this study is the conception of a body vulnerable to demons and reliant on deities for continued existence, and how the three yogic bodies (sthūla, sūkṣma, and para) play a role in physical and spiritual well-being. The intention is to offer readers various points of entry into the text so that today’s tantric practitioners and scholars alike can access the influential and important concepts and practices found within this long-revered but under-studied work.

scholarly journals Spiritual health mediates the relationship between ego-strength and adjustment to heart disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205510291878217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Besharat ◽  
Somayeh Ramesh ◽  
Elham Moghimi
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Adjustment To Illness ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of spiritual health in the relationship between ego-strength and adjustment to heart disease. In total, 327 patients with coronary artery disease (138 women, 189 men) completed the Ego-Strength Scale, Adjustment to Illness Scale, and Spiritual Well-Being Scale. Results showed that both ego-strength and spiritual health had a significantly positive correlation with adjustment to heart disease. Results also revealed that spiritual health mediated the relationship between ego-strength and adjustment to heart disease. More improvement in adjustment to heart disease requires more improvement in patients’ spiritual health as well as to ego-strength.

scholarly journals Spiritual Well-Being, Social Support, and Financial Distress in Determining Depression: The Mediating Role of Impact of Event During COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Ozkan Gorgulu ◽  
Navaz Naghavi ◽  
María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello ◽  
David Sánchez-Teruel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between spiritual well-being, social support, and financial distress with depressive symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A path analysis was used to analyze data collected from 1,156 Iranian participants via an online survey. The results showed that spiritual well-being and social support were negatively related to depressive symptoms and financial distress. The impact of COVID-19 events showed negative associations with depressive symptoms. In addition, the link between spiritual well-being and financial distress with depressive symptoms was partially mediated by the impact of events.

Influence of Parent’s Lifestyle in Children Behaviour – An Ayurveda Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujata P. Dhoke ◽  
Hitesh A.Vyas C. Baragi ◽  
Mahesh K. Vyas. ◽  
Mohankrishna Dwivedi ◽  
Mithilesh Kumar Sah
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Course Of Disease ◽  
Pediatric Age Group ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Relationship

Role of parents is very crucial as children adopt the behavior and lifestyle which are followed by their parents in pediatrics population. In pediatric age group the world of children is only their parents, so if parents have no time for them, they feel lonely and anxious. Also parents over expectation, careless nature towards their child are the causes of psychological disorders in pediatric age group. Aim - To establish the relationship between parent’s behaviour and children psychology. Material and Methods - Literature review of psychology of children from classics by considering its different aspects, scholarly articles and information on internet has been referred thoroughly. Discussion and Conclusion - Overburden of parents expectation, loneliness, parents unhealthy relationship are responsible for increasing stress which leads to persistence of disease of pediatric age. Whatever the etiological factors including the genetic predisposition and course of disease pathology, the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of the parents, proper nutrition of the mother during pregnancy and after birth of child and practice of a wholesome regimen, play a prime role in achieving a healthy offspring. All the protocol mentioned in classics are very cost effective and easy to administer even in today’s life style, and therefore have very crucial role to prevent the psychological diseases in pediatric age group.

scholarly journals Die rol van coping in die verband tussen geestelike welstand en depressie by predikante

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philé Swanepoel ◽  
Karel G.F. Esterhuyse ◽  
Roelf Beukes ◽  
Nico Nortjé
Keyword(s):  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Spiritual Wellbeing ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Northern Cape ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationships

The role of coping in the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and depression amongst ministers. The aim of this study was to determine the role of coping in the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression among ministers. The research group consisted of 53 Dutch Reformed ministers, all serving in the Northern Cape. Coping was measured by means of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Questionnaire (Carver, Scheier & Weintraub 1989), spiritual well-being by means of the Spiritual Well-being Questionnaire (Gomez & Fisher 2003:1977), and depression by means of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steer & Brown 1996:1−2). The results of this study indicated that problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping showed no direct relationship with depression. Problem- focused coping also plays no significant role in the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression. Emotion-focused coping, however, plays a role in the relationship between environment-related spiritual well-being and depression. Significant negative relationships between spiritual well-being and depression were found. A significant positive relationship was found between dysfunctional coping and depression. Dysfunctional coping was identified as a mediator in the relationship between personal spiritual well-being and depression. The results of this study are supported by the literature.

scholarly journals Investigating the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being and Other Well-Being Dimensions, and Attitude Toward High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents, with Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Personality Traits

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Vaezipour ◽  
Mohammad-Kazem Atef-Vahid ◽  
Mehdi Amini ◽  
Abbas Ramezani Farani
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Research indicates the increasing prevalence of high-risk behaviors among adolescents, which may have many causes. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and other dimensions of well-being and the tendency for high-risk behaviors in adolescents, with an emphasis on the mediating role of personality traits. Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all high school students in the second semester of the academic year 2018 - 2019 in the city of Tehran. Data collection tools were Spiritual, Psychological, Social, and Physical Well-being questionnaires, Iranian Adolescent Risk questionnaire, and PID-5 Personality Characteristics questionnaire-short version. SPSS V.22, R programming V.3.6, and AMOS V.24 were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between spiritual well-being and other aspects of well-being, i.e., physical health (r = 0.28), social well-being (r = 0.39), psychological well-being (r = 0.44), with P < 0.01 for all. There was also a significant negative relationship between spiritual well-being and components of high-risk behavior (r = 0.48, P < 0.01). In addition, personality traits were found to play a significant role as a mediating variable in the relationship between spiritual well-being and high-risk behaviors. Conclusions: Spiritual well-being is a factor affecting other aspects of well-being and reducing risky behaviors, and personality traits play an important role in mediating the relationship between spiritual well-being and other dimensions of well-being and high-risk behaviors.

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