Spiritual Maturity and Mental Health: Implications for Counseling.

Reinert, Duane F.; Bloomingdale, John R.

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ERIC Number: EJ612668

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Spiritual Maturity and Mental Health: Implications for Counseling.

Reinert, Duane F.; Bloomingdale, John R.

Counseling and Values, v43 n3 p211-23 Apr 1999

Presents evidence to support the validity of Genia's (1997) spiritual maturity typology. Participants (N=256) were categorized as spiritually growth-oriented, transitional, dogmatic, or undeveloped. Results indicate that those in the undeveloped and dogmatic groups were more emotionally distressed than those in the growth-oriented group. Also found that traumatized persons experience lower levels of spiritual support. (Contains 44 references and 2 tables.) (Author/GCP)

Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling, Emotional Development, Mental Health, Spiritual Development, Spirituality

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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