Is there a process of spiritual change or development associated with ageing? A critical review of research

References

• Ahmadi , F . 1998 . Sufism and gerotranscendence: The impact of way of thinking, culture, and aging on Spiritual Maturity . Journal of Aging and Identity , 3 : 189 – 211 .
   Google Scholar
• Ahmadi , F . 2000 . Reflections on Spiritual Maturity and Gerotranscendence: Dialogues with Two Sufis . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 11 : 43 – 74 .
   Google Scholar
• Ahmadi , LF . 2001 . Gerotranscendence and different cultural settings . Ageing & Society , 21 : 395 – 415 .
   Google Scholar
• Ahmadi , LF and Thomas , LE . 2000 . Gerotranscendence and life satisfaction: Studies of religious and secular Iranians and Turks . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 12 : 17 – 41 .
   Google Scholar
• Aponte , HJ . 2002 . Spirituality: The heart of therapy . Journal of Family Psychotherapy , 13 : 13 – 27 .
   Google Scholar
• Baker , DC and Nussbaum , PD . 1997 . Religious practice and spirituality—then and now: A retrospective study of spiritual dimensions of residents residing at a continuing care retirement community . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 10 : 33 – 51 .
   Google Scholar
• Bar-Tur , L and Prager , E . 1996 . Sources of personal meaning in a sample of young-old and old-old Israelis . Activities, Adaptation & Aging , 21 : 59 – 75 .
   Google Scholar
• Black , HK . 1995 . ‘Wasted lives’ and the hero grown old: Personal perspectives of spirituality by aging men . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 9 : 35 – 48 .
   Google Scholar
• Carstensen , LL , Isaacowitz , DM and Charles , ST . 1999 . Taking time seriously: A theory of socio-emotional selectivity . American Psychologist , 54 : 165 – 181 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cumming , E and Henry , WE . 1961 . Growing old , New York : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Erikson , EH . 1982 . The life cycle completed , New York/London : W.W Norton & Company .
   Google Scholar
• Erikson , EH , Erikson , JM and Kivnic , J . 1989 . Vital involvement in old age , New York/London : W.W. Norton & Company .
   Google Scholar
• Erikson , JM . 1995 . On Old Age 1: A Conversation with Joan Erikson at 90 , California : Davidson Films .
   Google Scholar
• Erikson , JM . 1997 . The life cycle completed: Extended version with new chapters on the ninth stage of development , New York/London : W.W. Norton & Company .
   Google Scholar
• Hill , PC and Pargament , KI . 2003 . Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of religion and spirituality: Implications for physical and mental health research . American Psychologist , 58 : 64 – 74 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jung , CJ . 1959 . The basic writings of Jung , Oxford : Modern Library .
   Google Scholar
• Kimble , MA . 2001 . Beyond the biomedical paradigm: Generating a spiritual vision of ageing . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 12 : 31 – 41 .
   Google Scholar
• Kitwood , T . 1997 . The experience of dementia . Aging & Mental Health , 1 : 13 – 22 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koenig , HG . 1994 . Aging & God , New York : The Haworth Pastoral Press .
   Google Scholar
• Koenig , HG , Larson , DB and Matthews , DA . 1996 . Religion and psychotherapy with older adults . Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry , 29 : 155 – 184 .
   Google Scholar
• Langer , N . 2000 . The importance of spirituality in later life . Gerontology and Geriatrics Education , 20 : 41 – 50 .
   Google Scholar
• Levin , JS . 1997 . Religious research in gerontology, 1980–1994: A systematic review . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 10 : 3 – 31 .
   Google Scholar
• MacKinlay , E . 2001a . The spiritual dimension of caring: Applying a model for spiritual tasks of ageing . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 12 : 151 – 166 .
   Google Scholar
• MacKinlay , E . 2001b . Understanding the ageing process: A developmental perspective of the psychosocial and spiritual dimensions . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 12 : 111 – 122 .
   Google Scholar
• McFadden , SH . 1995 . Religion and well-being in aging persons in an aging society . Journal of Social Issues , 51 : 161 – 175 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McFadden , SH . 1996 . “ Religion, spirituality, and aging ” . In Religion, spirituality, and aging , Edited by: Birren , JE and Schaie , KW . London : Academic Press . (Eds.)
   Google Scholar
• McFadden , SH . 1999 . Religion, personality and aging: A life span perspective . Journal of Personality , 67 : 1081 – 1104 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Melia , SP . 2001 . Solitude and prayer in the late lives of elder Catholic women: Activity, withdrawal, or transcendence? . Journal of Religious Gerontology , 13 : 47 – 63 .
   Google Scholar
• Melia , SP . 2002 . Themes of continuity and change in the spiritual reminiscence of elder Catholic women , New York : Springer Publishing Co .
   Google Scholar
• Musick , MA , Traphagan , JW , Koenig , HG and Larson , DB . 2000 . Spirituality in physical health and aging . Journal of Adult Development , 7 : 73 – 86 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ortiz , LPA and Langer , N . 2002 . Assessment of spirituality and religion in later life: Acknowledging clients’ needs and personal resources . Journal of Gerontological Social Work , 37 : 5 – 21 .
   Google Scholar
• Pincharoen , S and Congdon , JG . 2003 . Spirituality and health in older Thai persons in the United States . Western Journal of Nursing Research , 25 : 93 – 108 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seifert , LS . 2002 . Toward a psychology of religion, spirituality, meaning-search, and aging: Past research and a practical application . Journal of Adult Development , 9 : 61 – 70 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas , LE . 2001 . The job hypothesis: Gerotranscendence and life satisfaction among elderly Turkish Muslims .
   Google Scholar
• Thompson , P . 1993 . ‘I Don’t Feel Old’: The significance of the search for meaning in later life . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry , 8 : 685 – 692 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tornstam , L . 1989 . Gero-Transcendence: A reformulation of the disengagement theory . Aging , 1 : 55 – 63 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tornstam , L . 1996 . Gerotranscendence—a theory about maturing into old age . Journal of Aging & Identity , 1 : 37 – 50 .
   Google Scholar
• Tornstam , L . 1997 . Gerotranscendence in a broad cross-sectional perspective . Journal of Aging & Identity , 2 : 17 – 36 .
   Google Scholar
• Wink , P and Dillon , M . 2002 . Spiritual development across the adult life course: Findings from a longitudinal study . Journal of Adult Development , 9 : 79 – 94 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar