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Pandya, Samta P. – Gifted and Talented International, 2017
Based on a single-group one-year long evaluation study with 1,625 gifted children aged from 225 schools in 15 cities, this article examines whether participation in a spiritual education program increases their emotional intelligence. Results showed that gifted children's emotional intelligence scores were higher post--spiritual education program…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Development, Program Effectiveness
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Vicini, Fabio – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2013
Based on a fieldwork experience of cohabitation within Gülen community's housing system, the article analyzes the way older students act as both role models and sympathetic guides for younger students' spiritual maturation process. In contrast to some recent learning theories that emphasize the active role of apprentices, the focus here is on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Affective Behavior, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes
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Briggs, Michele Kielty; Shoffner, Marie F. – Counseling and Values, 2006
Overall spiritual wellness, as well as 4 individual components of spiritual wellness, has been theoretically and empirically linked with depression. Prior to this investigation, no study has examined the relationship between spiritual wellness and depression by using a 4-component measurement model of spiritual wellness. In this study of older…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Wellness, Depression (Psychology), Counseling Theories
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Engebretson, Kathleen – Religious Education, 2003
This article brings together some of the literature and research on young people and spirituality from Australia and elsewhere. Using Harris's (1998:109) seven-component approach to defining spirituality, the literature and research about young people and spirituality are grouped and described as such: personal\communal; concerned with justice and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Religious Education, Religious Factors
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Wolf, Mary Alice – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
This chapter serves as a review of the nature of transitions confronting adult learners and points to applications and strategies for anticipating coming changes.
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Environmental Influences, Age Differences
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Lili, Tian; Shenghua, Jin – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
Objective: To explore the characteristics of the spiritual beliefs among junior high school students. Method: 431 junior high school students are measured by Students' Basic Information Questionnaire (SBIQ) and Middle School Students' Spiritual Beliefs Questionnaire (MSSSBQ). Results: (1) The overall characteristics of the spiritual beliefs among…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 8, Grade 7, Junior High School Students