The relationship of existential well – being to identity, religious coping, mental and general health among Norwegian aging women

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of existential spirituality to identity processing, religious coping and mental and general health among younger and older aged women in Norway. Participant’s included 120 women aged 31–91 who took part in a postal survey. Results showed that both accommodative and balancing identity processes were associated with existential well -being among both the younger and older aged. Among the younger – aged, mental health was also significantly associated with existential well-being, Moreover, among the older aged, religious coping in the form of discontent, was found to be associated with existential well–being.

KEYWORDS:

• Identity
• women
• aging

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their appreciation to those participants who took their time to answer the postal survey.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not – for – profit sectors.