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Meneses, R. F. , Miyazaki, C., & Pais-Ribeiro, J.(5/7/2011). University students spirituality:

Do communication skills make a difference? Comunicao integrada no Simpsio:

Emotion, behavior, and health, Chair: M. C.

Miyazaki, Discussants: R. F. Meneses andVicente Caballo. XIIth European Congress of

Psychology, Istambul, Turquia.

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University students spirituality:Do communication skills

make a difference?Rute F. Meneses

FCHS-UFP, Porto, Portugal

Cristina Miyazaki Jos Pais-RibeiroFAMERP, SP, Brazil FPCE-UP, Portugal

Grant FCT - SFRH/BPD/39186/2007

The 12th European Congressof Psychology

Istanbul, 4-8/7/2011

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Stress

Burnout

Ensino Superior

Higher education

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Psychological stress

is a relation between

the individual and the environmentthat is assessed by the individual as

demanding or exceeding

his/her resources andrisking his/her well-being

(Lazarus & Folkman, 1984)

(Almeida, 2001;Fernandes et al., 2005;Fernandes & Almeida,2005; Santos, 2001)

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Distress is frequent in university students (US;Aguiar, Vieira, Vieira, Aguiar,

& Nbrega, 2009; Calais, Carrara, Brum, Batista,

Yamada, & Oliveira, 2007; Santos & Jnior, 2007)

and spirituality seems a good way to cope with it

(Case & McMinn, 2001; Panzini & Bandeira, 2007;

Siegel, & Schrimshaw, 2002 ).

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The concept of spirituality is difficult

to define and assess , but

its relevance is being more and morerecognized by the scientific community,

namely in the context of QOL research

(Fleck & Skevington, 2007; Meneses, 2006; Moreira-

Almeida & Koenig, 2006; Mount, Lawlor, Cassell,

2002).

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There are authors that support the

integration of spiritual/religiousdimensions in psychotherapy ,

which requires an increase of

research in the area(Peres, Simo, & Nasello, 2007).

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Spirituality is constructed in the socio-cultural

and historical contexts, structuring and giving

meaning to values, behaviours, humanexperience, and sometimes it materializes itself

in the practice of a specific religion

(Pinto & Pais-Ribeiro, 2007, p. 47).

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Consequently, identifying modifiable variables related

to spirituality seems a promising step for its promotion.

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Communication

Effective communication - to express,

n an assertive manner the opinions,

the feelings, the needs, and the desires

(Minto et al., 2006, p. 565).

Communications skills can be trained with success(e.g., Choque-Larrauri & Chirinos-Cceres, 2009).

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Aim: To explore the relationship

between spirituality and satisfaction

with own communication skills in US.

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Participants

(N =177)

N %

Sex: Women 128 72,3

Men 46 26,0

Missing 3 1,7

Marriage status: Single 171 96,6

Married/cohabiting 3 1,7

Missing 3 1,7

Degree: Communication sciences 35 19,8

Physical therapy 8 4,5

Dentistry 62 35,0

Psychology 63 35,6

Social work 9 5,1

Professional status: Student 146 82,5

Worker & student 31 17,5

Method

Age: 18-47 years(M=22,18, SD=3,70)

Religion:- 17.5% without- 44.6% not practising

Health: 19.8% withproblems

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Material

Socio-demographic& Clinical

Questionnaire(13 items)

WHOQOL-SRPB(32 items)

CommunicationSkills

Questionnaire(QCC)

(26 items)

- All the necessaryauthorizations- Self-administration,in class,

in the presence ofthe researcher

http://2_qsdc_final.doc/http://whoqol-srpb_original.pdf/http://7_qcc_english.doc/http://7_qcc_english.doc/http://whoqol-srpb_original.pdf/http://2_qsdc_final.doc/

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Results & Discussion

- There was a considerable heterogeneity in the responses.- WHOQOL-SRPB predictors:

no QCC item correlated/predicted Connect ;

7 items predicted Meaning (R2

a=0,043);7 items predicted Awe (R2a=0,071);

8 items predicted Whole (R2a=0,077);

2 items predicted Strength (R2a=0,029);2 items predicted Peace (R2a=0,036);

15 items predicted Hope (R2a=0,046);

1 item predicted Faith (R2a=0,026).

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Although of small magnitude,

the predictive results suggest thatcommunication skills training

programs could have a positive

impact on US spirituality

Stress

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