Free-lance spiritual seekers: self-growth or compensatory motives?
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| Title: | Free-lance spiritual seekers: self-growth or compensatory motives? |
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| Authors: | Buxant, Coralie (AUTHOR), Saroglou, Vassilis (AUTHOR), Tesser, Marie (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Mental Health, Religion & Culture. Mar2010, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p209-222. 14p. 1 Chart. |
| Subjects: | Spiritual life, Monastic life, Parent-child relationships, Families, Orientation (Religion), Spirituality |
| Abstract: | People attending various spirituality and self-development conferences outside the framework of organised religious groups (N = 204) were compared to norms from the general population and to members of New Religious Movements (NRMs) on the following measures: attachment to parents in childhood, adult attachment, need for closure, need for cognition, openness to experience, and quest religious orientation. Results indicated that these people, in comparison to the general population, share with NRM members similar cognitive (need for closure) and affective (insecure attachment in childhood) needs that seem to be addressed by spirituality. However, in comparison to NRM members, participants scored higher on measures reflecting self-growth, that is openness to experience and quest religious orientation, and lower on need for closure. These findings may be interpreted as indicating a desire to seek spirituality but to preserve autonomy. These people were called free-lance spiritual seekers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | People attending various spirituality and self-development conferences outside the framework of organised religious groups (N = 204) were compared to norms from the general population and to members of New Religious Movements (NRMs) on the following measures: attachment to parents in childhood, adult attachment, need for closure, need for cognition, openness to experience, and quest religious orientation. Results indicated that these people, in comparison to the general population, share with NRM members similar cognitive (need for closure) and affective (insecure attachment in childhood) needs that seem to be addressed by spirituality. However, in comparison to NRM members, participants scored higher on measures reflecting self-growth, that is openness to experience and quest religious orientation, and lower on need for closure. These findings may be interpreted as indicating a desire to seek spirituality but to preserve autonomy. These people were called free-lance spiritual seekers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 13674676 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13674670903334660 |
