| Abstract: | 研究目的：本計畫目的在探討宗教活動和靈性經驗對於成功老化的影響。研究
問題包括：1. 探討在生命事件發生下，宗教活動參與和靈性經驗是否有助減少憂
鬱、促進主觀福祉、與減少精神壓力。2. 探討在身體功能和認知功能惡化下，宗教
活動參與和靈性經驗是否有助減少憂鬱、促進主觀福祉、與減少精神壓力。3. 探討
老人參與宗教活動和靈性經驗的宗教種類和性別差異，以及對宗教/靈性經驗對成功
老化影響的差異。4. 探討老人的宗教活動與靈性經驗是否有助於社會角色的參與。
研究方法：研究設計採世代研究以長期追蹤資料進行分析。預定將使用國民健康
局「臺灣地區老人保健與生活問題長期追蹤調查系列研究」1999 年與2003 年資料。
使用變項包括宗教活動、靈性經驗、成功老化(身體、心理、社會層面)指標、主觀
福祉，精神壓力和快樂感、生命事件、人口社經變項、居住城鄉等。統計分析除敘
述統計外，還將採用長期追蹤資料與多變項分析方法，包括存活分析，重覆測量混
合效果模式，一般性估計方程式(GEE)等統計方法等。
預期貢獻：1. 延續成功老化主題研究，使應用國內資料進行成功老化研究的結
果得到完整的圖像。2.了解成功老化與宗教活動參與和靈性經驗之關係，採用長期
追蹤資料分析，有助判定宗教與靈性經驗對成功老化效果的因果關係。3. 有助了解
靈性層面與成功老化不同面向間的關係以及可能影響機制。4. 有助於提供未來成功
老化靈性照顧介入之實務與研究設計的參考。
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to explore the influence of religious activity and
spiritual experience to successful aging. The research questions include: 1. When the life
events happen, does religious activity or spiritual experience help to reduce depressive
symptoms, increase subjective well-being, and reduce psychological stress? 2. Under the
situation of deterioration of physical and cognitive function, does religious activity or spiritual
experience help to reduce depressive symptoms, increase subjective well-being, and reduce
psychological stress? 3. Is there religious preference and gender difference in attending
religious activity and spiritual experience, and is the difference causing difference in
successful aging? 4. Does religion activity or spiritual experience helpful in social role
participation for the elderly?
Methods: The project is designed by cohort study and analyzed by longitudinal data.
Data come from “Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan”, 1999 &
2003, a national representative samples executed by Population and Health Survey Center,
Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health. The variables used in the study include:
religion activity, spiritual experience, successful aging (physical function, depressive
symptoms, cognitive function, social support, productive activity), subjective well-being,
psychological stress, and happiness, as well as life events, demographic and socio-economic
status, area, etc. Longitudinal data analysis and multi-variate analysis will be used, including
survival analysis, repeated measurement and mixed effect model, generalized estimating
equations, etc.
Expected contribution: 1. This project will continue the study of successful aging
in the past and explore the missing piece of spirituality, and to describe the
comprehensive successful aging picture for the elderly in Taiwan. 2. This study will
explore the relationship of successful aging and religious activity/spiritual experience, and
will apply longitudinal data analysis to clarify the causal relationship. 3. This study will
be helpful to explore the relationship and the mechanism of spirituality and different
dimensions of successful aging. 4. The results is expected to provide suggestions for the
spiritual care intervention for successful aging practice or policy in the future. |
