Everybody Needs to Believe in Something: Spiritual Beliefs of Non-Religious Czech Adolescents
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F19%3A73591211" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/19:73591211 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333171097" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333171097</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000217" target="_blank" >10.1037/rel0000217</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Everybody Needs to Believe in Something: Spiritual Beliefs of Non-Religious Czech Adolescents
Original language description
There is only a limited amount of research in the area of the spiritual beliefs of adolescents. The aim of our study was to explore the spiritual beliefs of adolescents from nonreligious families. We focused not only on the content of these beliefs but also on their sources and their individual importance in adolescents' lives. To explore this issue, we conducted a qualitative research study based on semistructured interviews with 17 adolescents in the 12-16 age group. Thematic analysis revealed that most of the adolescents believed in some sort of supernatural phenomenon. Adolescents perceived faith as something essential in one's life. Beliefs in supernatural beings, such as angels, spirits, or a higher power were present in most of the participants. The largest numbers of spiritual beliefs were mentioned in relation to an afterlife. The adolescents' beliefs included elements from Christian, Eastern, and New Age religious systems. Some of the adolescents believed that our life is predestined but they also thought they were able to change or influence their destiny. The results suggest that spiritual beliefs may reflect adolescents' fears, resilience, or locus of control. From a subjective point of view, adolescents named smart technologies more often than family or friends as a source of their beliefs. The study shows how adolescents from nonreligious families can have rich internal spiritual lives even in the absence of any strong cultural support for religiosity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-19968S" target="_blank" >GA15-19968S: Spirituality and Health among Adolescents and Adults in the Czech Republic</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
ISSN
1941-1022
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
65-73
UT code for WoS article
000458030700007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85050454257