Religious motivation in middle age: correlates and implications.
Religious motivation in middle age: correlates and implications.
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中年的宗教动机：相关性和影响。
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1979
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V. R. Kivett
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V. R. Kivett
本研究的目的是确定自评健康、年龄、性别、种族、自我概念的三种衡量标准（实际、外表和理想）、教育、职业和控制点与中年宗教动机的相对关系。研究对象是来自 22 个随机选择的联合卫理公会教堂的 301 名年龄在 45 岁至 65 岁之间的男性和女性。研究结果表明，反映文化适应过程的因素，如性别、理想自我概念和控制点，与宗教动机保持着最强的关系。女性、具有高度理想化自我概念的人以及相信发生在自己身上的事情在自己个人控制之下的成年人，与其他人相比，不太可能受到外在动机或表现出对宗教的“以自我为中心”的依赖。因此，研究结果表明，宗教的“安慰”或“挑战”功能与中年群体晚年精神健康之间可能存在重要关系。
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative relationship of self-rated health, age, sex, race, three measures of self-concept (actual, appearance, and ideal), education, occupation, and locus of control to religious motivation in middle age. The subjects were 301 men and women between the ages of 45 and 65 years from 22 randomly selected United Methodist churches. The results of the study show that factors reflective of the process of acculturation such as sex, ideal self-concept, and locus of control maintain the strongest relationship with religious motivation. Women, persons who have high idealized self-concepts, and adults who believe that what happens to them is under their personal control are less likely than others to be extrinsically motivated or to show a "self-centered" dependence upon religion. Consequently, the findings suggest that an important relationship may exist between the "comfort" or "challenge" functions of religion and spiritual well-being in later life for middle-aged groups.