Fehring R J, Brennan P F, Keller M L
College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233.
Res Nurs Health. 1987 Dec;10(6):391-8. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770100607.
Two separate correlational studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between spirituality and psychological mood states in response to life change. In the first study a spiritual well-being index, a spiritual-maturity scale, a life-change index, and a depression scale were administered to 95 freshman nursing students. The spiritual well-being index was composed of two sub-scales; a religious well-being and an existential well-being scale. In the second study a spiritual-outlook scale and the Profile of Mood State index was added to the above tests and administered to 75 randomly selected college students. The results demonstrated a weak positive relationship between life change and depression. unlike a previous study, spiritual well-being, existential well-being, and spiritual outlook showed strong inverse relationships with negative moods suggesting that spiritual variables may influence psychological well-being.
为了研究应对生活变化时精神性与心理情绪状态之间的关系，开展了两项独立的相关性研究。在第一项研究中，对95名大一护理专业学生进行了精神健康指数、精神成熟度量表、生活变化指数和抑郁量表的测试。精神健康指数由两个子量表组成，即宗教健康和存在健康量表。在第二项研究中，在上述测试中增加了精神展望量表和情绪状态剖面图指数，并对75名随机挑选的大学生进行了测试。结果表明，生活变化与抑郁之间存在微弱的正相关关系。与之前的一项研究不同，精神健康、存在健康和精神展望与负面情绪呈强烈的负相关关系，这表明精神变量可能会影响心理健康。
