Abstract
This study aims at exploring the relationship between spirituality and self-esteem for people with severe mental illness. One-hundred and forty-nine Chinese people with severe mental illness who have contacted with community-based rehabilitation services in Hong Kong are included in this study. All participants have completed self-administered questionnaires on spirituality and self-esteem. Spirituality is found positively related to individual's self-esteem for participants (r = 0.3; p = .000). In the regression analysis, spirituality accounts for 9.0% of variance in overall self-esteem. When self-esteem is analyzed of composing two dimensions, that is, self-worth and self-depreciation, spirituality is found to promote individuals' self-esteem by enhancing individual's self-worth, but not self-depreciation. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 455-468 |
| Journal | Social Work in Mental Health |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Mental illness
- Self-esteem
- Spirituality