Context as co-creator in spiritual life stories: the contextual nature of South African adolescents’ spiritual identity development

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1364436X.2020.1769567

Tracy-Ann Capitano, L. Naudé

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study explored spiritual identity development in a sample of South African adolescents, by considering how the participants perceived and experienced their spirituality, as well as how these meaning-making experiences contributed to their identity development. Twelve adolescent participants were purposively sampled and participated in semi-structured interviews and reflective writing exercises. The themes that emerged from the analysis alluded to the importance of relationships and context. The roles of parents, peers, the educational environment, and geographical location were emphasised. Participants explored and committed to their spiritual identities through processes of personal reflection, discussion, and modelling. Spiritual development is thus a reciprocal and bidirectional process between the unique individual and context. Spiritual identity development is a fluid process that evolves and grows in connections and relationships with others. Personal, cultural, and contextual factors are thus important in the co-creation of individuals’ spiritual life stories.

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语境作为精神生活故事的共同创造者：南非青少年精神认同发展的语境性质

本研究探讨了南非青少年的精神认同发展，通过考虑参与者如何感知和体验他们的精神，以及这些意义创造的经验如何促进他们的身份发展。有目的地抽取了12名青少年参与者，并参加了半结构化访谈和反思性写作练习。从分析中出现的主题暗示了关系和背景的重要性。家长、同伴、教育环境和地理位置的作用被强调。参与者通过个人反思、讨论和建模的过程探索并致力于他们的精神身份。因此，精神发展在独特的个体和环境之间是一个互惠和双向的过程。灵性认同的发展是一个流动的过程，在与他人的联系和关系中进化和成长。因此，个人、文化和背景因素在个人精神生活故事的共同创造中很重要。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.