Spiritual Well-being in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder and General Medical Conditions: Demographics in Context

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Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research Pub Date : 2021-04-15 DOI:10.33824/PJPR.2021.36.1.06

Faiza Amjad, I. Z. Bokharey, Rabia Dasti

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Abstract

The purpose of current study was to examine the predictive role of various socio demographic variables for spiritual well-being among participants with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and those with minor General Medical Conditions (GMC). Using purposive sampling technique, 90 participants including 40 (22 men, 18 women) with GAD and 50 (23 men, 27 women) with GMC with the age range of 18-58 years completed a socio-demographic questionnaire along with Spiritual Wellness Inventory (Ingersoll, 1998). The findings of the regression analysis revealed that for GAD group, age appeared to be the only significant predictor for spiritual well-being. Analyses on the subscales revealed that Concept of Hereafter was positively predicted by religious inclination, Conscientiousness was positively predicted by age, Mystery was predicted by age and gender for group with GAD; while, for GMC group, gender predicted Practicing Rituals. Furthermore, the findings of t-test revealed that women with GMC utilized more religious rituals than men; however, no such difference was found in the GAD group. The results have important implications to address the spiritual issues concerning anxiety problems during the course of therapy.

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患有广泛性焦虑障碍和一般医疗条件的患者的精神健康:背景中的人口统计学

本研究的目的是检验各种社会人口学变量对广泛性焦虑症（GAD）和轻度综合性疾病（GMC）参与者精神健康的预测作用。使用有目的的抽样技术，90名参与者，包括40名（22名男性，18名女性）GAD患者和50名（23名男性，27名女性）GMC患者，年龄范围为18-58岁，完成了一份社会人口学问卷和精神健康量表（Ingersoll，1998）。回归分析结果显示，对于GAD组来说，年龄似乎是精神健康的唯一重要预测因素。分量表分析显示，宗教倾向对遗传概念有正向预测，年龄对良心有正向预测；GAD组神秘感有年龄和性别预测；而对于GMC组，性别预测练习仪式。此外，t检验结果显示，患有GMC的女性比男性使用更多的宗教仪式；但是在GAD组中没有发现这种差异。研究结果对解决治疗过程中与焦虑问题有关的精神问题具有重要意义。

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期刊介绍： Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research (PJPR) is published biannually by the National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. Its first issue was published in Summer, 1986. Since then two issues, one in summer and the other in winter, have been appearing every year. The Journal provides an outlet for fully documented researches addressing educational, social, developmental, and other areas of Psychology. Preference is given to empirical articles, which deal with the application of psychological knowledge in understanding the problems of national and international importance. The Journal welcomes contributions from all corners. However, participation from the developing countries is eagerly sought in view of its under-representation in research journals published in the West. The PJPR maintains an international editorial board of Consulting Editors belonging to different countries, with expertise in a large number of areas. It employs a double-blind reviewing process i.e., the authors are not identified to reviewers and reviewers are not made known to authors. The contents of PJPR are being abstracted by the Proquest, and in PsycInfo. PJPR is included in the List of Social Sciences Journals recognized by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.