Relationship between Religiosity and Subjective Well-Being among Middle-Aged Korean Women

Focused on Roles of Existential Consciousness and Savoring Beliefs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3418258
AutoresEunjin Beak (Sahmyook University), Sung-Jin Chung, Sung Jin Chung (0000-0001-5606-5346, Sahmyook University), Kyung-Hyun Suh (0000-0002-0012-3786, Sahmyook University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen13
Número5
Páginas402
Fecha de publicación2022-04-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13050402
OpenAlexW4225128254
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas41

This study identified the relationship between religiosity and the subjective well-being of middle-aged Korean women, and examined a double mediating effect model of existential consciousness and savoring beliefs on this relationship. The participants of this study were 285 middle-aged Korean women, aged between 40-60 years. The PROCESS Macro 3.5 Model 6 was used to analyze the sequential double mediating effects. The results revealed that existential consciousness and savoring beliefs were positively correlated with the subjective well-being of middle-aged women, whereas their intrinsic religiosity was not significantly correlated with subjective well-being because it was positively correlated with negative emotions, as well as with life satisfaction and positive emotions. In a sequential double mediation model for the subjective well-being of middle-aged women, the direct effect of intrinsic religiosity on savoring beliefs was negatively significant after adjusting for indirect effects through existential consciousness. The sequential indirect effect of existential consciousness and savoring beliefs on the intrinsic religiosity and subjective well-being of middle-aged women was significant. Without these indirect effects, intrinsic religiosity negatively influenced middle-aged women's subjective well-being in this model. These results suggest that existential consciousness plays an important role in the subjective well-being of middle-aged women

Consciousness · Developmental psychology · Existentialism · Mediation · Religiosity · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology