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KMID : 0607320130220020128
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2013 Volume.22 No. 2 p.128 ~ p.136
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Spirituality and Self-esteem in Middle-aged Women
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Kim Sook-Nam
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the relationship of spirituality and self-esteem in middle-aged women.
Methods: The participants were 260 women, aged 40 to 64, living in Busan City or Kyungnam Province. The measurement scale used in the study were the ‘Korean Spirituality Scale’ and a ‘Self-esteem Scale’. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’ correlation coefficients, and simple linear regression with the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program.
Results: The level of spirituality and self-esteem of the women averaged 3.1. For differences in spirituality and self-esteem by general characteristics, there were significant differences according to religion, employment, and economic status. There was a significantly positive correlation among spirituality and self-esteem. Simple linear regression analysis showed that spirituality accounted for 49% of the variance in self-esteem.
Conclusion: The interest in spirituality is an important in psychological nursing to meet patient demands, especially patients who are experiencing existential problems. It is necessary to provide psycho-spiritual programs for the middle-aged women to improve self-esteem. Future research with experimental designs and random sampling needs to be done to examine relationships between middle-aged women’s spirituality and self-esteem.
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KEYWORD
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Spirituality, Self-esteem, Middle aged, Women
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