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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"spiritual beliefs"”.
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Spiritual beliefs, practices, and shadows of the Ahmadiyya Jama’at in Fiji
… minority who self-identify as Muslims under the spiritual leadership of the Khalifa based in London, UK. The global Ahmadiyya Jama’at positions its adherents as divinely appointed bearers of the truest form of Islam, uniquely entrusted with leading others “from darkness to light”. At its core, …
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The community of intimacy: The spiritual beliefs and religious practices of adolescent quakers
… Quakers. It examines and analyses their beliefs and values; individual and group practice and how the group functions. The research demonstrates that for the adolescent Quaker group belief is unimportant and non-definitional; values are broad and open to individual interpretation, …
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The Role of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs in the Academic Success of College Students
… has examined two factors, religiosity and spirituality, that can contribute to the academic success of college students. The present study was conducted to examine the correlation between religiosity and spirituality and college students’ grade point averages (GPA) which was operationally …
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The Religious Paradox: Examining the countervailing impacts of religious and spiritual beliefs on socio-political outcomes
Religious beliefs have often been argued to be universally held across cultures and history, yet their socio-political impacts are often ambiguous and poorly understood. This thesis examines forms of religious identification to address two fundamental gaps in the literature on religion’s impact on …
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Shared spiritual beliefs in music therapy and emotional responses of a mother who has a child with mental retardation
Thesis (M.Mus.)--Michigan State University. Department of Music Therapy, 2007
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The Relationship Between Spiritual Belief, Life Attitude, and Mental Health Among Physical Fitness Participants in Northern Indiana
… The purpose of this study is to explore spiritual beliefs as defined by an interconnectedness with self and others, generated from a relationship with a higher power, and consider its impact on attitude toward life and mental health.</p> <p>Method. This study employed the survey research …
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Spirituality and osteopathy: a practitioners' views
Spirituality and healthcare is a research subject of increasing interest, but there is a lack of osteopathic research and a paucity of research into the interactions between practitioner spirituality and professional practice. This study aimed to investigate concepts of spirituality, affects of …
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Self-transcendence, health status, and selected demographic variables as determinants of the ability to perform activities of daily living in non-institutionalized older adults
… income, education, social network, and religious/spiritual beliefs) to the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) in non-institutionalized adults. The majority of the 88 subjects were widowed white women 65 years of age and older (M = 73.4) who viewed their health positively, were …
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Cultural Competence and End-of-Life Care: Religion, Spirituality and Health Care Decision-Making
… patients who practice less common religions as spiritual beliefs and practices may influence health care decision-making. Despite research that shows the importance of providing culturally competent care, little standardization exists for cultural competency education for health care …
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Maya Spiritual Praxis in the New Baktun: Ritual and Reclamation in 21st Century Chiapas
The Maya are-- spiritually -- the Children of the Maize. The far-reaching effects of the divorce between indigenous land-working Maya and their ability to rely on maize farming and traditional subsistence strategies on the milpa (a type of multi-crop, cooperative growing field) have implications …
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The influence of 'spiritual meaning-making' on career choice, transition and experience
The focus of this inquiry is “The influence of ‘spiritual meaning-making’ on career choice, transition and experience”. Over the past decade there has been an increase in interest in the expression of spiritual belief in work. Most of the writing on the topic is based on the premise that …
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An Exploration Of The Manner In Which Personal Spirituality Influences Five New Hampshire Principals’ Decision-Making
… of factors including the leader’s personal spirituality. This phenomenological study explores the manner in which the personal spiritual beliefs of five New Hampshire public school principals influence their workplace decision-making. The purpose of the work is to describe the essence of the …
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The Effect of Religiosity and Spirituality on Transformatinal Leadership Characteristics of Hospital Food and Nutrition Managers
… examine the relationship between religiosity and spirituality and transformational leadership characteristics of hospital food and nutrition managers as rated by self as well as by those directly supervised by the managers. The influence of religious and spiritual beliefs on the workplace and …
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A Widow’s Hope in Late-Life Spousal Loss: A Biblical Response to Meaning-Making and Continuing Spiritual Bonds
… has been a broadening interest in the role of spiritual beliefs in coping with the death of a loved one and how it facilitates a quest for meaning in the grief and bereavement process, especially for elderly widows in late-life spousal loss. Bereaved elderly widows are compelled to contend with …
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Unassisted Humans Infer Personal Traits from Facebook Group Memberships: An Empirical Study with Implications for Employers and State Entities
… not explicitly required (such as religious and spiritual beliefs or sexual preference) for fear of discrimination. Similarly, job applicants may wish to keep private certain personal traits (such as race, ethnicity, gender, and age), even if their influence in decision-making would constitute …
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From the Old to the New World: The Transformation of Kongo Minkisi in African American Art
… the development of African American artistic and spiritual culture. In the Caribbean, aspects of minkisi have been retained in the creolized spiritual beliefs of Haitian Vodou, Cuban Palo Monte Mayombe and Brazilian Candomble. In North America, evidence of Kongo influence is apparent in examples …
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Small Robe Band of Blackfeet: Ethnogenesis by Social and Religious Transformation
… political, social, economic structures, spiritual beliefs, and practices that were in place at the time of Euro-American contact. I use historically documented evidence of transformations that took place from the beginning of the fur trade era through the reservation era. Through the …
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Small Robe Band of Blackfeet: Ethnogenesis by Social and Religious Transformation
… political, social, economic structures, spiritual beliefs, and practices that were in place at the time of Euro-American contact. I use historically documented evidence of transformations that took place from the beginning of the fur trade era through the reservation era. Through the …
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African American Sons' Perceptions of Their Fathers' Influence on Their Decision Whether to Pursue Higher Education
… regarding fathers' emotions and masculinity, (d) beliefs that fathers have an influence on sons' decisions whether to pursue higher education, (e) similar beliefs toward higher education, (f) justification for their level of education, (g) feelings of college being an inconceivable thought for …
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The Spiritual Dimension Of Social Work Practice In And Through Research, Education, And Life Experience
… has been an effort to reintroduce religion and spirituality as tangible constructs into social work education and practice in an effort to incorporate all aspects of the client's system (biological, psychological, social, spiritual) and to understand and appreciate the client's diversity and …
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