The correlation of some characteristics of religious identity with the quality of life of persons with disabilities

Marinić, Marko (author), Ćurković Nimac, Jasna (author)

Research on the correlation between religious identity and the quality of life of disabled persons is relatively rare and not always yielding the same results. In this paper, attempting to clarify the image of the mentioned relationship, we examine the correlation of some characteristics of religious identity with happiness and personal well-being among persons with various disabilities. An empirical study was conducted (N=684), and the results suggest that blind persons are the most religious, while the least religious are deaf persons. A positive correlation of happiness and personal well-being was found concerning intrinsic characteristics of religiosity, while some extrinsic characteristics of religiosity (declarative belonging to a religious community and the frequency of attending religious seminars) did not show a significant correlation. Faith gives the feeling of belongingness and safety and can be a resource from which disabled persons can draw the strength to cope with a disability; however, it needs to be lived and not expressed just declaratively or ritually.

• Language: English
• Keywords: persons with disabilities, religiosity, religious identity, happiness, personal well-being, quality of life
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 225-239
• Numbering: Letn. 81, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163898
• UDC: 2-184.3-056.26
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2021/01/Marinic
• COBISS.SI-ID: 87036931
• Publication date in RUL: 14.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Povezanost posameznih značilnosti religiozne identitete s kakovostjo življenja oseb z invalidnostjo

Abstract

Raziskave o povezavah med religioznostjo in kakovostjo življenja oseb z invalidnostjo so razmeroma redke. Njihovi rezultati se med seboj večkrat ne ujemajo. Da bi ugotovili jasnejše stanje glede medsebojne povezanosti obeh fenomenov, smo v tem članku preverili posamezne elemente religiozne identitete z občutenjem sreče in blagostanja pri osebah z različnimi oblikami invalidnosti. Empirična raziskava je zajela 684 oseb z invalidnostjo. Rezultati kažejo, da so najbolj religiozne slepe osebe (nevideči), najmanj pa gluhe (neslišeči). Pozitivna korelacija med občutenjem sreče v življenju in osebnim blagostanjem se pri invalidnih osebah izkazuje glede na intrinzične (globoko notranje) dejavnike religioznosti, medtem ko na drugi strani statistično značilne pozitivne korelacije nista izkazala elementa samodeklarirane pripadnosti verski skupnosti in pogostosti izvajanja posameznih vrst verske prakse. Vera omogoča občutek pripadnosti in zanesljivosti, tako lahko za osebe z invalidnostjo pomeni vir, iz katerega črpajo moč za sobivanje z invalidnostjo. Zato morajo te osebe vero dejansko živeti, ne pa se z njo le deklarativno poistovetiti ali zgolj obiskovati verske obrede.

• Keywords: osebe z invalidnostjo, religioznost, religiozna identiteta, sreča, osebno blagostanje, kakovost življenja