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Spiritual Well-Being, Social Desirability and Reasons for Living: Is there a Connection?

Jon. B. Ellis

East Tennessee State University, Box 21970A, Johnson City, TN 37614-0002, USA

Peggy C. Smith

Central Louisiana State Hospital

In order to explore the relationship between spirituality, social desirability, and reasons for living, 100 individuals completed the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL), the Spiritual Well-being Scale (SWBS) and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS). Positive correlations were found between religious well-being and the total RFL score and Moral Objections subscale and between existential well- being and several RFL scales. Results indicate that the RFL Moral Objections subscale taps the same type of beliefs as does the SWBS religious well-being subscale. There also appears to be a strong relationship between the adaptive cognitive beliefs which people report as reasons for not considering suicide and their existential beliefs. This emphasises the need for careful assessment of individual needs and beliefs when dealing with suicidal individuals. Areas of concern to the therapist who is working with a suicidal client were not affected by high SD scores.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 37, No. 1, 57-63 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409103700108
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