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Spirituality and Compassionate Love in Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers


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The present study aspired to investigate whether Spirituality is a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons - Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. It was hypothesized that Spirituality will be a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons - Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. A purposive sample of 400 Compassion Virtue Icons 200 Psychiatrists and 200 Psychiatric Social Workers from various Government and Private Hospitals and Psychiatric Centers located in Jaipur City of Rajasthan State was selected. The Predictor Variable (Spirituality) was measured by Underwood, Lynn et al. (2002) whereas the Criterion/Outcome Variable (Compassionate Love) was measured by Compassionate Love Scale (Sprecher & Fehr, 2005). The Correlational Research Design along with Regression Model was employed. The Multiple Regression Analysis was computed to investigate whether Spirituality was a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. It was empirically proved that Spirituality is a significant positive predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. The results are interpreted in the light of existing researches.

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Compassionate Love, Spirituality, Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Social Workers.
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Authors

Tarun Choudhary
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A. V. S. Madnawat
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


The present study aspired to investigate whether Spirituality is a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons - Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. It was hypothesized that Spirituality will be a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons - Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. A purposive sample of 400 Compassion Virtue Icons 200 Psychiatrists and 200 Psychiatric Social Workers from various Government and Private Hospitals and Psychiatric Centers located in Jaipur City of Rajasthan State was selected. The Predictor Variable (Spirituality) was measured by Underwood, Lynn et al. (2002) whereas the Criterion/Outcome Variable (Compassionate Love) was measured by Compassionate Love Scale (Sprecher & Fehr, 2005). The Correlational Research Design along with Regression Model was employed. The Multiple Regression Analysis was computed to investigate whether Spirituality was a significant predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. It was empirically proved that Spirituality is a significant positive predictor of Compassionate Love in Compassion Virtue Icons Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Social Workers. The results are interpreted in the light of existing researches.

Keywords


Compassionate Love, Spirituality, Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Social Workers.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i1%2F147240