ABSTRACT

We advanced an integrative trend examining religiousness/spirituality (R/S) and flourishing using person-centered data analyses. Specifically, we tested a relational spirituality model (RSM) proposition that a latent profile comprised balanced dwelling (e.g. R/S commitment) and seeking (e.g. R/S exploration) would emerge and display greater flourishing, relative to the other subgroups, and we did so using a diverse sample of emerging religious leaders attending 17 graduate theological schools across North America (N = 580; M_age = 31.56; SD = 11.13; range = 19–71; 47.8% female; 62.7% White). A 5-profile model best fit the data, which included an Integrated profile that depicted a balanced relational spirituality that displayed flourishing. Findings suggested that an RSM theoretical framing of R/S indicators provided a distinct relational characterization and contextual lens to offer guidance on promoting flourishing, and specifically, by intervening into the dwelling–seeking dialectic, and self- and relational regulation.

摘要

我们提出了一种综合趋势，使用以人为中心的数据分析来检查宗教/灵性 (R/S) 和繁荣。具体来说，我们测试了一个关系灵性模型 (RSM) 命题，即相对于其他子组，包含平衡的居住（例如 R/S 承诺）和寻求（例如 R/S 探索）的潜在概况将出现并显示出更大的繁荣，并且我们这样做是使用在北美 17 所研究生神学院就读的新兴宗教领袖的不同样本（N = 580；M_年龄 = 31.56；SD  = 11.13；范围 = 19-71；47.8% 女性；62.7% 白人）。一个 5 剖面模型最适合数据，其中包括一个集成的描绘了平衡的关系灵性的轮廓，显示出蓬勃发展。研究结果表明，R/S 指标的 RSM 理论框架提供了一个独特的关系表征和上下文视角，为促进繁荣提供指导，特别是通过干预寻求住所的辩证法以及自我和关系调节。