Journal of Social Issues · 2005 · 481 citations · 50 references
ArtsRehabilitation MedicineReligionDisabilityPhysical DisabilitiesRehabilitationDefinition Of DisabilityPsychosocial Aspects Of DisabilityReligious Meaning-makingSpiritual AssessmentSpiritual Well-beingSpiritualityCounseling For Physical DisabilitiesLife GoalsNegative GoalsPersonal GoalsReligious NeedsReligious Well-beingSpiritual Assessment ToolsSpiritual Health
Religion gives human existence meaning by establishing goals and value systems, and a goals approach offers a unifying framework to capture religion’s dynamic role in people’s lives. The study applies the goals framework to data on personal goals and quality of life in neuromuscular disease patients, aiming to deepen understanding of how goal framing informs adaptation to disability and its religious and spiritual dimensions. The authors empirically measure spirituality and religion through personal goals, using data from a program on personal goals and quality of life in neuromuscular disease patients to illustrate the goals framework.
Religion invests human existence with meaning by establishing goals and value systems that potentially pertain to all aspects of a persons' life. A goals approach provides a general unifying framework to capture the dynamic aspect of religion in people's lives. Empirical research on the measurement of spirituality and religion through personal goals is described. To illustrate the application of the goals framework, data from the author's research program on personal goals and quality of life in persons with neuromuscular diseases are described. Framing subjective quality‐of‐life outcomes in terms of goals can lead to new possibilities for understanding adaptation to physical disabilities and in particular, the understanding of the religious and spiritual dimensions of disability and rehabilitation.
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