- 學位論文
靈性與幸福感關聯性之研究─以衡山機構服務使用者為例
Relevance of Spirituality to Well-being - A Case Study on Heng-Shan Institution Service Users.
摘要
現今各國及台灣之社會紛亂、環境破壞、精神疾病問題日益嚴重，許多文獻指出靈性(spirituality)的追尋才能改變人類現況；而幸福感(well-being)是世界各國與人們追求美好生活的重要指標，也是現今各學科領域重要的研究議題。基於此本研究的目的在於探討兩者之關係，以非營利組織服務使用者使用本次研究機構之靈性服務前後為中介變項，測量靈性成長與幸福感之現況及兩者間的關聯性。 本研究以研究者參閱文獻自編的「衡山靈性成長與幸福感量表」為研究工具，採用事後回溯法進行問卷調查，針對衡山機構全省服務處之會員為調查對象，取樣方式為集體普查及網路電子問卷，共計發出1056份問卷通知，計回收436份，問卷回收率41.3%，其中有效問卷424份。主要的研究發現如下： 1. 服務使用者使用靈性服務前之靈性與幸福感現況均為普通，使用靈性服務後靈性與幸福感現況成長為優良；顯示使用靈性服務對靈性與幸福感成長有正向影響。 2. 服務使用者使用靈性服務前後之靈性成長因個人背景變項不同而有顯著差異。 3. 服務使用者使用靈性服務前後之幸福感因個人背景變項不同而有顯著差異。 4. 服務使用者之靈性成長與幸福感在整體與各面向有顯著正相關。 5. 本次研究之機構所提供的靈性服務對靈性成長與幸福感提升具有部分解釋力。 6. 服務使用者之靈性成長對幸福感有顯著的預測力，可解釋71.6%的變異。在幸福感整體與各分層面中尤以「活出意義~超越逆境」為預測幸福感之主要因子。 最後根據本研究之發現與結論，分別對研究機構、非營利組織、社會工作與政府相關單位提出建議，作為政策、靈性服務及後續研究之參考。
並列摘要
Now, social disruption, environmental disruption and mental disease are growing problems in every country and Taiwan. A lot of literature point out that only the spiritual quest can change the current situation of human beings; well-being is an important indicator of people’s pursuit of a good life, and also an important research topic in every field of study. On this basis, this research aims at discussing the relationship between them; it uses the performances of NPO service users before and after they use the spiritual service of this research institution as the intervening variable to measure the current situations of spiritual growth and well-being and the correlation between them. This research uses the self-made “Scale of Spiritual Growth and Well-Being in Heng-Shan” based on literature as the research tool and ex post facto design to carry out a questionnaire, whose respondents are members of Heng-Shan institution service; its sampling method is general survey and internet-based questionnaire; it sends 1056 questionnaires, with 436 ones returned and the response rate being 41.3%, among which the number of the valid questionnaires is 424. The main research findings are shown below: 1. The current situations of spirituality and well-being of the service users are common before they use the spiritual service, but become good after use, showing using the spiritual service has positive effects on spiritual growth and well-being. 2. There is a significant difference in spiritual growths of service users before and after they use the spiritual service due to different personal background variables. 3. There is a significant difference in the well-being of service users before and after they use the spiritual service due to different personal background variables. 4. There is a significantly positive correlation between the spiritual growth and well-being of service users in whole and every dimension. 5. The spiritual service provided by this research institution has partial explanatory power for spiritual growth and well-being improvement. 6. The spiritual growth of service users has significant predictive power for well-being, which can explain 71.6% variation. “Live out the meaning of life~overcome adversity” of the spiritual growth is used in the whole and every level of well-being as the main factor to predict well-being. At last, based on the research findings and conclusions, it makes suggestions for research institutions, NPOs, social work and the government to be used as the reference of policies, spiritual services and follow-up studies.