Espiritualidad y resilencia

Abstract

We live in a time when stress has become a common word in the subjects' vocabulary, and people are confronted daily with situations that trigger their adaptive processes. The study of resilience, as a process that allows a positive confrontation with adversity, thus assumes important relevance for the promotion of well-being and mental health. Traditional approaches have been concerned with studying what biological, social, or psychological factors explain blossoming or human breakdown in the face of obstacles. These findings led to a greater understanding of the resilience framework. However, another set of more recent research has been reinforcing knowledge about this process by bringing a new variable to your understanding - spirituality. As researchers recognize the role of the Sacred, some encourage the integration of spirituality in the quest for resilience (Farley, 2007, Park & Folkman 1997, Wolin & Wolin 1993) This research tried to perceive if the integrated experience of spirituality facilitates the development of a resilient functioning in the confrontation with situations of adversity, adding to the functioning of the subject a set of resources and strategies that allow the creation of a personal meaning facilitator of the experiences associated with these conflicts. In order to operationalize the vast and multidimensional concept of spirituality, we have chosen to use as indicators general measures of spirituality such as religious denomination, religious and spiritual practices and satisfaction with religion. We also use as parameters to evaluate spirituality, religious and spiritual coping, spiritual well-being and the image of God. A total of 1118 inquiries were collected which revealed that more than religious denomination or frequency, the variables with a more intimate relational content with the Divine, such as the use of positive religious and spiritual coping strategies, a benevolent image of God, and satisfaction with their spiritual life that appear as more evident facilitators of adaptive processes in times of crisis.