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Maturity of Personality, Purpose of Life and Value System in Nuns During a Midlife Crisis

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article aims to deepen our understanding of the midlife crisis of nuns (a study group) and women living alone (a control group). We present the results of an empirical study conducted on a group of 100 women aged 35–45. This study aimed to discover whether convent life, along with its spiritual-religious formation, may have a positive influence on the ability of women to deal with a midlife crisis and aid the development of their mature personalities by strengthening their sense of purpose and shaping their value systems. The issue tackled by this article can be contained in the following question: Is religious formation central to convent life able to support a person in a midlife crisis in gaining a higher degree of personal maturity? We may gain an answer to this by considering whether nuns engaged in such religious formation compared to women living alone would exhibit any differences in personal maturity and a sense of life’s purpose and value system.

Source: Zeszyty Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II

DOI: 10.31743/znkul.17387

Authors: Erika Vavreková, Marek Wodawski

Institutions: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Language: English

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408929530

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