Publication details
Spiritualita a cesta ke štěstí
| Title in English | Spirituality and the way to happiness |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Popularization text |
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| Description | Positive psychology is a current direction in contemporary psychology, which is is conducting research also on interrelationships of happiness and spirituality. The aim of the research study Hope 2014, which was realised at the Institute of Psychology FA MU, was to explore the relationships between life satisfaction and spirituality, meaningfulness, hope, optimism and health. First results of data analysis suggest a key role of meaning and spirituality in psychological well-being of the individual. People with higher spiritual dimension in comparison with the atheists show higher level of life satisfaction, meaningfulness, hope and optimism, and they are also happier. |