Relations between Numinous Constructs and Subjective Wellbeing

There are many studies on relations between numinous constructs (i.e. spirituality and religiosity) and subjective wellbeing. Yet, in most research, there was no differentiation between spirituality and religiosity, and different forms of wellbeing were not taken into account. There are almost no longitudinal studies on non-student populations regarding this subject. Moreover, no longitudinal psychological study tries to determine mediators of relations between numinous constructs and well-being.

We would like to feel this gap with longitudinal study conducted on representative sample. In this study, we included both religiosity (in three different forms) and spirituality (operationalized according to R. Piedmont’s spiritual transcendence theory), and both hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of wellbeing. Additionally, we included measures of fulfilment of four major social motives as proposed mediators. Results from two data collection points (with six-month time gap between them) will be presented.