Religious Meaning System and Sense of Self-Dignity in the Second Half of Life: The Mediating Role of Wisdom

For people in the second half of life (aged 50+) struggling with difficulties arising from the normative aging process, religion can be a positive help in adaptation to old age. This adaptation is measured, inter alia, by a high sense of self-dignity. An analysis of literature on the psychology of a...

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Published in:Psychology of religion and spirituality 2024-02, Vol.16 (1), p.72-80
Main Author: Brudek, Paweł Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Aging
Bootstrap method
Dignity
Female
Human
Human dignity
Male
Meaning
Psychology
Religion
Self concept
Wisdom
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Summary:For people in the second half of life (aged 50+) struggling with difficulties arising from the normative aging process, religion can be a positive help in adaptation to old age. This adaptation is measured, inter alia, by a high sense of self-dignity. An analysis of literature on the psychology of aging and old age suggests that the influence of religious meaning system on sense of self-dignity may be mediated by wisdom. This study explores the relationship between religious meaning system and sense of self-dignity and wisdom as a potential mediator of this relationship among adults 50+. Longitudinal studies with triplicate measurements were carried out on a sample of 246 Polish individuals aged 50+. The mediation analysis with bias-corrected bootstrapping method confirmed that the relation between religious meaning system and sense of self-dignity is mediated by wisdom. These results suggest that religious meaning system, contributing to the increase of wisdom of adults in the second half of life, has a positive effect on the increase in sense of self-dignity.
ISSN:1941-1022
1943-1562
DOI:10.1037/rel0000484