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Assessment Of Life Satisfaction In Apostolic Women Religious: The Development Of A New Instrument, Maria Clara Kreis
Assessment Of Life Satisfaction In Apostolic Women Religious: The Development Of A New Instrument, Maria Clara Kreis
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The trend in today's U.S. society is one of decreased membership within traditional civic/faith organizations and in particular within women's religious organizations. Women religious are known particularly for their historic contribution to the U.S. social capital (Ebaugh et al., 1996; Nygren & Ukeritis, 1993; Weakland, 1994). Thus, there is a need to study the motivational factors and life satisfaction levels across different generations of apostolic women religious within the Roman Catholic Church.
The purpose of the current study was to (a) develop an instrument specifically designed to assess the life satisfaction levels of the various generations of women religious, (b) …