A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON POSITIVE LIFE ORIENTATION AND RESILIENCE BETWEEN THE BANK EMPLOYEES FOLLOWERS AND NON-FOLLOWERS OF SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATIONS
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Keywords
Spiritual Groups, Resilience, Positive Life Orientation
Abstract
Present study was conducted on 60 bank employees, between the age of 28 years to 40 years, out of which 30 were those who follow any spiritual group (Art of living, Brahmakumaris, Shiv Yog etc.) and rest who don’t follow any such group. Data of non-follower employee group has been collected from various offices after a short interview with the subjects, while data of followers has been collected from various satsang and meditation centers. Their resilience and positive life orientation were compared. Nicholson McBride Resilience Questionnaire has been used to measure resilience. To measure positive life orientation, Scale of Positive Life Orientation has been used, which is developed by Dr. Manju Agarwal and Ajit K. Dalal. t-test has been used to calculate the significance of difference between the groups for both the variables. Findings suggest that there is significantly more resilience and PLO in followers than in non-followers of spiritual community or religious group. This highlights the importance of community and group support that seems to be essential in spiritual or religious coping during adversity.
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6. Davis, C. G., & Asliturk, E. (2011). Toward a positive psychology of coping with anticipated events. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 52(2), 101.
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9. Han, L., Berry, J. W., & Zheng, Y. (2016). The relationship of acculturation strategies to resilience: The moderating impact of social support among Qiang ethnicity following the 2008 Chinese earthquake. PloS one, 11(10), e0164484.
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24. Puchalski, C., Ferrell, B., Virani, R., Otis-Green, S., Baird, P., Bull, J., Chochinov, H., & Handzo, G. (2009). Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 12(10), 885–904. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2009.0142
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28. Shapiro, E. (2022). A Protective Canopy: Religious and social capital as elements of a theory of religion and health. Journal of Religion and Health, 61(6), 4466-4480.
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30. Thomas, E., & Savoy, S. (2014). Relationships between traumatic events, religious coping style, and posttraumatic outcomes. Traumatology: An International Journal, 20(2), 84.
31. Tuck, I., & Anderson, L. (2014). Forgiveness, flourishing, and resilience: The influences of expressions of spirituality on mental health recovery. Issues in mental health nursing, 35(4), 277-282.
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Shweta Srivastava, & Anindya S Nag. (2022). A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON POSITIVE LIFE ORIENTATION AND RESILIENCE BETWEEN THE BANK EMPLOYEES FOLLOWERS AND NON-FOLLOWERS OF SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATIONS. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 29(04), 4501-4508. https://doi.org/10.53555/h0ndxk73
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Shweta Srivastava
Visiting Faculty , University of Lucknow
Anindya S Nag
Counselling Psychologist
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Shweta Srivastava, & Anindya S Nag. (2022). A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON POSITIVE LIFE ORIENTATION AND RESILIENCE BETWEEN THE BANK EMPLOYEES FOLLOWERS AND NON-FOLLOWERS OF SPIRITUAL ORGANIZATIONS. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 29(04), 4501-4508. https://doi.org/10.53555/h0ndxk73