Selected Aspects of Religiosity in People with Physical Disabilities
Abstract
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to show selected aspects of religiosity in the context of disability or lack of it – its status in the lives of people with disabilities and the personal or nonpersonal nature of the relationship with God.
THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main research problem was to determine what overall scores people with physical disabilities obtained on the Centrality of Religiosity Scale and the Personal Relationship to God Scale in comparison with people without disabilities, and what scores they obtained in such dimensions of religiosity as beliefs, prayer, updated relationship, mutual relationship and dialogical relationship, and in the dimension of cult and interest dimensions compared to people without disabilities.
THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The article discusses the issue of religion and religiosity on psychological grounds, in particular, its role and function that it can play in the lives of people with illnesses and disabilities. It was examined with the use of data statistical analysis, whether selected aspects of religiosity of people with physical disabilities significantly differ from the religiosity of people without disabilities, and whether religion plays an important role in the lives of people with physical disabilities.
RESEARCH RESULTS: As a result of the statistical analysis, it was determined that the studied dimensions of religiosity are not related to disability.
CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: It is difficult to generalize the results obtained because of several factors: the population of people with disabilities is the most heterogeneous community, a specific set of scales was used, which does not exhaust the issue of religiosity, and, finally, the size of the surveyed population does not entitle to far-reaching generalizations.The issue of religiosity among people with disabilities should be further explored, and this article may inspire further research.
References
Allport, G. (1988). Osobowość i religia (H. Bartoszewicz, A. Bartkowicz i I. Wyrzykowska, tłum.). Instytut Wydawniczy PAX.
Aydoğdu, B.N. (2019). Disability and spirituality. Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, 4(2), 181- 193. DOI: 10.37898/spc.2019.4.2.0072
Chlewiński, Z. (2000). Religia a osobowość człowieka. W: H. Zimoń (red.), Religia w świecie współczesnym (s. 89-126). Wydawnictwo KUL.
Głaz, S. (2003). Osobowościowe uwarunkowania przeżyć religijnych. Wydawnictwo Fundacji Humaniora.
Głaz, S. (2006). Podstawowe zagadnienia psychologii religii. Wydawnictwo WAM.
Golan Z., (2006). Pojęcie religijności. W: S. Głaz (red.), Podstawowe zagadnienia psychologii religii (s. 71-79). Wydawnictwo WAM.
Hodge, D. i Reynolds, C. (2019). Spirituality among people with disabilities: A nationally representative study of spiritual and religious profiles. Health and Social Work, 44(2), 75-86.
Janocha, W. (2011). Religijność osób niepełnosprawnych. Studium socjologiczno-pastoralne. Wydawnictwo KUL.
Jarosz, M. (2011). Psychologiczny pomiar religijności. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL.
Jaworski, R. (2002). Psychologiczna analiza religijności w perspektywie komunikacji interpersonalnej. Studia Psychologica, 3, 143-166.
Kuczkowski, S. (1998). Psychologia religii. Wydawnictwo WAM.
Müller P.C., Cieza R.A. i Geyh A.S. (2012). Psychological resources in spinal cord injury: A systematic literature review. Spinal Cord, 50(3), 188-201.
Szabała, B. (2017). Religijność osób z niepełnosprawnością wzrokową. Struktura i uwarunkowania. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej.
Szmyd, J. (1985). Psychologia religii. Wydawnictwo Naukowe WSP.
Wnuk, M. i Marcinkowski, J. (2012). Psychologiczne funkcje religii. Problemy Higieny i Epidemio‑ logii, 93(1), s. 239-243.
Wojtasik, K. (2004). Modlitwa a osobowość. Wydawnictwo WAM.
Zarzycka, B. (2007). Skala Centralności Religijności S. Hubera. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257298111
Zarzycka, B. (2011). Polska adaptacja Skali Centralności Religijności S. Hubera. W: M. Jarosz (red.), Psychologiczny pomiar religijności (s. 231-262). Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL.
Zasępa, E., Śląski S. i Pruchniak, J. (2010). Religijność, postawy wobec choroby i ogólny stan zdrowia/dystresu psychicznego a jakość życia osób chorych na schizofrenię. W: E. Zasępa (red.), Choroba, niepełnosprawność, cierpienie oraz postawy wobec nich – w teorii i w badaniach (s. 124-150). Wydawnictwo Akademii Pedagogiki Specjalnej.
Zdybicka, Z. J. (2006). Człowiek i religia. Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu.
Zimnica-Kuzioła, E. (2012). Główne stanowiska w psychologii religii – wprowadzenie. Kultura i Wartości, 1, 57-71.
Copyright (c) 2022 HORIZONS OF EDUCATION
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are asked to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). We advise to use any of the following reserach society portals: