The Role of Spirituality on the Quality of Life Among Elderly People in the Multicultural Context

6 Pages Posted: 20 Dec 2018

Date Written: November 20, 2018

Abstract

The aim of the research is to compare the well-being and social life of people over sixty years of age depending on the degree of national spirituality. The goal is to capture and describe the quality of life and spirituality among the Bhutanese, Norwegian and Chinese populations in comparison with Czech participants, mainly by semi-structured interviews and the use of interpretative phenomenological analysis serving as a tool for evaluating given interviews. For research work, it is crucial to contribute to the understanding of phenomena that can lead to greater seniors' satisfaction, which is important because the amount of these people is still increasing. The current results have shown a big difference between the religion in Norway and Bhutan, the country of happiness. There was found a strong belief in Tibetan Buddhism among Bhutanese participants so far. None of the participants considered himself an atheist or a person with non-religious spirituality. All respondents showed a high level of satisfaction with life, and they often experienced joy. They come from well functional families and are happy with themselves. Norwegian participants are mostly agnostic or non-religious spiritual persons. None of them has proved to be a practicing believer nor a strict atheist. They felt the sense of life primarily in sport and in nature, they often mention cross-country skiing as a way of getting closer to the spirit. Furthermore, the intention is to extend the research on other nations.

Keywords: well-being, spirituality, belief, Christianity, Buddhism, quality of life

Suggested Citation

Troneckova, Kristyna, The Role of Spirituality on the Quality of Life Among Elderly People in the Multicultural Context (November 20, 2018). RAIS Conference Proceedings - The 11th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3303401 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3303401

Kristyna Troneckova (Contact Author)

Masaryk University ( email )

Zerotinovo nam. 9
60177 Brno, 603 00
Czech Republic

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