The Relationship Of Personality And Spirituality To Empathy

Keywords

culture; empathy; personality; religiosity; spirituality

Abstract

This empirical study sought to explore the relationship of personality, spirituality and empathy. Specifically, the possible additional predictive ability of spirituality for empathy when also including personality was examined. Multidimensional measures of spirituality (Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale) and personality (Big Five Inventory) were utilized with a sample of both undergraduate, graduate students and practitioners from two disciplines. Data was collected from several sites, including three universities. Results demonstrated that most spiritual dimensions were not significantly correlated with empathy. One spirituality dimension (Spiritual Perspective) however added significantly to a regression model that also included personality dimensions.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Empirical Theology

Volume

31

Issue

1

Number of Pages

1-17

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1163/15709256-12341366

Socpus ID

85048247897 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85048247897

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