Psychological Health, Trauma, Dissociation, Absorption, and Fantasy Proneness Among Danish Spiritual Practitioners
Cardeña, Etzel LU
; Reijman, Sophie
; Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Cathrine
and Jensen, Christian Gaden
(2015)
In Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
2(2).
p.170-184
- Abstract
- Groups of spiritual practitioners (P) (n = 38), long-term residents in a center offering spiritual courses (R) (n = 8), and matched control groups from a general, population sample for P (CP) (n = 45) and for R (CR) (n = 14) were compared. P had high levels of education and tended to be in a committed relationship and belong to the Danish National Church, whereas R had a lower level of education and were unlikely to be in a committed relationship or belong to the Church, suggesting social marginality. All groups completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-53 (BSI-53), a measure of psychological distress. P did not differ from the control groups in the Global Severity scale (GSI) or the other subscales of the BSI-53 except for scoring lower on... (More)
- Groups of spiritual practitioners (P) (n = 38), long-term residents in a center offering spiritual courses (R) (n = 8), and matched control groups from a general, population sample for P (CP) (n = 45) and for R (CR) (n = 14) were compared. P had high levels of education and tended to be in a committed relationship and belong to the Danish National Church, whereas R had a lower level of education and were unlikely to be in a committed relationship or belong to the Church, suggesting social marginality. All groups completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-53 (BSI-53), a measure of psychological distress. P did not differ from the control groups in the Global Severity scale (GSI) or the other subscales of the BSI-53 except for scoring lower on the phobic anxiety subscale. In contrast, R scored higher in the GSI and most BSI-53 subscales than P and the control groups, and published norms for Danish and US populations. P and R did not differ in the subscales of somatization or interpersonal sensitivity. These two groups also filled out measures of dissociation, general and severe trauma, absorption, and fantasy proneness. R scored higher than P in dissociation, severe trauma, and absorption. The GSI correlated with dissociation, a history of serious trauma and (weakly) with absorption, but not with general trauma or fantasy-proneness. Overall, the results do not support the view that most spiritual practitioners have higher psychological distress or are socially marginal, although there is a subset of more troubled individuals. (Less)
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; Reijman, Sophie
; Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Cathrine
and Jensen, Christian Gaden
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- 2015
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- spiritual practitioners, psychopathology, dissociation, absorption, anomalous experience
- in
- Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
- volume
- 2
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 170 - 184
- publisher
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- ISSN
- 2326-5523
- DOI
- 10.1037/cns0000047
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- English
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