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Spirituality Among Latinas/OS

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Despite growing transnational migration between the United States and Latin American countries, culturally relevant conceptualizations of spirituality among Latinas/os remain lacking in healthcare research. Grounded in Latina feminist theology, this article elucidates cultural values that influence spirituality and describes findings from a study using a new questionnaire to explore spirituality among Latinas in Puerto Rico and the US mainland. Results support the saliency of cultural values such as personalismo and familismo as the context for spiritual perspectives, which may function independently of the Catholic Church structure.

Source: Advances in Nursing Science

DOI: 10.1097/00012272-200601000-00007

Authors: Maureen Campesino, Gary E. Schwartz

Institutions: Arizona State University, University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Awards: Center for Frontier Medicine in Biofield Science, G5314418320