Department of Psychology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Department of Psychology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland.
Aging Ment Health. 2022 Dec;26(12):2496-2502. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1989378. Epub 2021 Oct 16.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether wisdom is a mediator in the relationships between religious meaning system and social support among older adults. According to the theory of gerotranscendence, associations of religiousness and social support are complex and suggest the existence of wisdom in their internal structures. The study included 466 persons aged 50-75. Three measures were used: Religious Meaning System Scale (RMSS), Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) and Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS). The analyses allowed for a partial verification of the hypothesis that wisdom is a mediator in the relationship between the religious meaning system and the multidimensional social support in late adulthood. It was confirmed that wisdom mediates the relationship between the religious meaning system and three out of the five dimensions of social support (perceived available support, actually received support and protective buffering support). These findings suggest that wisdom is an important element of religious meaning system and social support that is used by people as a part of their maturing into gerotranscendence to cope with life's difficulties and challenges.
本研究旨在探讨智慧是否在老年人的宗教意义系统与社会支持之间的关系中起中介作用。根据老年超越理论，宗教信仰和社会支持之间的联系是复杂的，并且在其内部结构中存在智慧。该研究包括 466 名年龄在 50-75 岁的人。使用了三个测量工具：宗教意义系统量表（RMSS）、三维智慧量表（3D-WS）和柏林社会支持量表（BSSS）。分析结果部分验证了假设，即智慧是宗教意义系统与晚年多维社会支持之间关系的中介。研究结果证实，智慧在宗教意义系统与社会支持的五个维度中的三个维度之间起中介作用（感知可用支持、实际获得的支持和保护性缓冲支持）。这些发现表明，智慧是宗教意义系统和社会支持的一个重要组成部分，人们将其作为向老年超越成熟过程中的一部分加以利用，以应对生活中的困难和挑战。
