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Abstract

Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) has recently been gaining public as well as scientific interest. Evidence is lacking on the relationship between SPS and different dimensions of religiosity and spirituality (R/S). We investigated the associations between SPS and R/S in the Czech Republic. Two samples of Czech adults (N1 = 1406; 48.1 ± 16.4 years; 49.4% women, N2 = 1494; 50.7 ± 15.8 years; 44.1% women) participated in the online survey. We measured SPS, religious attendance, religiosity, spirituality, images of God, negative religious coping (NRC) and religious conspiracy theories (RCT). Results of binary logistic regression found SPS significantly associated with religiosity, spirituality, and NRC with odds ratios (ORs) of 1.38 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.22–1.56), 1.61 (95% CI 1.33–1.96) and 1.25 (95% CI 1.02–1.52), respectively. Higher SPS indicated a greater likelihood of perceiving God as ever-present, fatherly, forgiving, gentle, loving, motherly, punishing, just, and absolute, with ORs ranging from 1.14 to 1.26. No significant association was found between SPS and RCT. Results revealed associations between SPS and various aspects of R/S. The study highlights the relevance of considering SPS in clinical contexts involving religious and spiritual issues. Further research might be aimed at comparing the results with countries with different religious backgrounds, or at exploring the links with other variables that may play a role in these relationships.

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Title
Sensory processing sensitivity is associated with religiosity and spirituality
Author
Buchtova, Marie 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Malinakova, Klara 1 ; van Dijk, Jitse P. 2 ; Husek, Vit 1 ; Tavel, Peter 1 

 Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Olomouc, Czechia (GRID:grid.10979.36) (ISNI:0000 0001 1245 3953) 
 Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc University Social Health Institute, Olomouc, Czechia (GRID:grid.10979.36) (ISNI:0000 0001 1245 3953); University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Community and Occupational Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands (GRID:grid.4494.d) (ISNI:0000 0000 9558 4598); Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Graduate School Kosice Institute for Society and Health, Košice, Slovakia (GRID:grid.11175.33) (ISNI:0000 0004 0576 0391) 
Pages
244
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Dec 2024
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
e-ISSN
2662-9992
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2924111280
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.