Spirituality and mental health among Canadians
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2012-08-29
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Zachernuk, Geoffrey Sean
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This research implements advanced statistical techniques to examine the relationship between spirituality and mental health among Canadians 25 years of age and older in 2002. Using ordinary least squares regression and logistic regression to analyze data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, this study attempts to contribute to the emerging body of research surrounding mental health and spirituality. The quantitative results indicate that the strength, meaning and understanding that spiritual values provide respondents in their everyday lives significantly affect mental health. These results are integrated and discussed in the context of the study’s theoretical and methodological contributions to the sociological study spirituality and mental health.
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Spirituality, Mental Health, Canadians