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<journal-id>1645-0086</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Psic., Saúde & Doenças]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1645-0086</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1645-00862022000200473</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15309/22psd230216</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Impacto do sentido de vida e espiritualidade no bem-estar psicológico de idosos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Impact of meaning of life and spirituality on psychological well-being of the elderly]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Francisco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel Furtado]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Humboldt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sofia von]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Universitário  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Universitário William James Research Center ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>473</fpage>
<lpage>480</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200473&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200473&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200473&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo A literatura tem demonstrado a existência duma associação positiva entre o sentido de vida, a espiritualidade e o bem-estar psicológico. Contudo, existem poucas evidências acerca da contribuição do sentido de vida e da espiritualidade para o bem-estar psicológico de população idosa. Assim, o presente estudo teve como principal objetivo averiguar se o sentido de vida e a espiritualidade são preditores significativos do bem-estar psicológico de população idosa. A amostra foi constituída por 36 participantes provenientes de uma IPSS do sul de Portugal, com idades compreendidas entre os 65 e os 106 anos e que não apresentassem qualquer tipo de demência. Foram aplicadas a Escala do Bem-estar Psicológico (EBEP), a Escala da Espiritualidade (EE), um questionário sociodemográfico, o Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) e uma entrevista estruturada acerca do sentido de vida. Os resultados suportam a ideia de que a espiritualidade é preditor significativo do bem-estar psicológico, explicando 51.7% da sua variabilidade total. Por outro lado, o sentido de vida não se revelou como preditor do bem-estar psicológico. As descobertas do presente estudo permitem elucidar à cerca importância da espiritualidade para o bem-estar psicológico de população idosa portuguesa e o papel preponderante da espiritualidade na predição do mesmo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The literature has demonstrated the existence of a positive association between meaning of life, spirituality and psychological well-being. However, there is little evidence about the contribution of meaning of life and spirituality to the psychological well-being of the elderly population. Thus, the present study aimed to ascertain whether the meaning of life and spirituality are significant predictors of the psychological well-being of the elderly population. The sample consisted of 36 participants from an IPSS from southern Portugal, aged between 65 and 106 years and who did not present any type of dementia. Psychological Well-being (PWBS), Spirituality Scale (SS), a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and a structured interview about the meaning of life were applied. The results support the idea that spirituality is a significant predictor of psychological well-being, explaining 51.7% of its total variability. On the other hand, the meaning of life did not reveal itself as a predictor of psychological well-being. The findings of the present study allow us to elucidate the importance of spirituality for the psychological well-being of the Portuguese elderly population and the predominant role of spirituality in its prediction.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sentido de Vida]]></kwd>
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