The Four Domains Model: Connecting Spirituality, Health and Well-Being

被引:164
作者
Fisher, John [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ballarat, Sch Educ, Melbourne, Vic 3350, Australia
[2] Univ Melbourne, Sch Rural Hlth, Fac Med, Melbourne, Vic 3350, Australia
关键词
spiritual health; spiritual well-being; world-view; CONCEPTUALIZATION; RELIGION; SCALES; CARE;
D O I
10.3390/rel2010017
中图分类号
B9 [宗教];
学科分类号
010107 ;
摘要
At our core, or coeur, we humans are spiritual beings. Spirituality can be viewed in a variety of ways from a traditional understanding of spirituality as an expression of religiosity, in search of the sacred, through to a humanistic view of spirituality devoid of religion. Health is also multi-faceted, with increasing evidence reporting the relationship of spirituality with physical, mental, emotional, social and vocational well-being. This paper presents spiritual health as a, if not THE, fundamental dimension of people.s overall health and well-being, permeating and integrating all the other dimensions of health. Spiritual health is a dynamic state of being, reflected in the quality of relationships that people have in up to four domains of spiritual well-being: Personal domain where a person intra-relates with self; Communal domain, with in-depth inter-personal relationships; Environmental domain, connecting with nature; Transcendental domain, relating to some-thing or some-One beyond the human level. The Four Domains Model of Spiritual Health and Well-Being embraces all extant world-views from the ardently religious to the atheistic rationalist.
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