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The Psychological Relationship Between Spirituality And Emotional Responses To Music, Anais D. Norman Apr 2013

The Psychological Relationship Between Spirituality And Emotional Responses To Music, Anais D. Norman

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A study was conducted with 251 undergraduate psychology students at a Christian university to determine the nature of the relationship between spirituality and music-based emotions. Two hypotheses were proposed: First, students with higher levels of spirituality would experience higher emotional intensity while listening to music. Second, students will experience equal emotional intensity when listening to the “sacred” or “secular” selections. In answer to the first hypothesis, results indicated that overall intensity in emotional response to musical selections did significantly and positively correlate with higher spirituality scores. In answer to the second hypothesis, the strength of emotional intensity did differ, and …


Investigating The Correlation Between Burnout And Spirituality Among Resident Assitants At Liberty University, Dorel Captari May 2010

Investigating The Correlation Between Burnout And Spirituality Among Resident Assitants At Liberty University, Dorel Captari

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The concept of employment burnout represents an important point of interest among researchers who examine the relationship between individuals and their work environment. The present study investigated the nature of burnout among Resident Assistants (RA) at a midsize evangelical university and its correlation to spirituality. The scores obtained from 126 participants on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Spiritual Assessment Inventory (SAI) were analyzed according to the multiple regression method. The results demonstrated that two of the six variables from SAI, namely Awareness and Instability, had the highest predictive value of burnout among RAs. Because the predictive values of …