Evaluating the Interplay Between Spirituality,Personality and Stress |
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Authors: | Elise E Labbé Ashley Fobes |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA |
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Abstract: | Spirituality and the big five personality traits may be risk or protective factors for coping with stress. We hypothesized
young adults who reported higher spirituality ratings would demonstrate lower sympathetic nervous system arousal and better
emotional coping when exposed to a laboratory stressor compared to those who rated themselves lower in spirituality. We also
compared spirituality groups on trait anger, neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and openness to experience.
Eighty participants completed trait-state anger, personality and spirituality questionnaires and were grouped into low, average
and high spirituality. Participants’ physiological responses were monitored before and during a stressful event. Significant
differences were found between low, average and high spirituality groups’ respiration rate and emotional response to the stressor.
Significant differences were also found between spirituality groups in extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, trait
anger and neuroticism. Females reported higher levels of spirituality and conscientiousness than males. |
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