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- - The study explores how beliefs about God can influence the relationship between practical wisdom and depression in older adults, a topic gaining interest in positive psychology.
- - Using a sample of 1,497 older adults, the findings indicate that practical wisdom is linked to lower depressive symptoms.
- - Three constructs related to God—God-mediated control, trust in God, and gratitude towards God—partially explain how wisdom contributes to better mental well-being, highlighting the supportive role of a personal, divine figure in older adults' lives.
Article Abstract
The last several decades have witnessed the topic of wisdom gaining momentum in the field of positive psychology. In this study, we focus on the potentially important role of religion/spirituality, specifically beliefs about God, as a mediating mechanism underlying the relationship between practical wisdom and depression among older adults. Drawing on a nationally representative sample of older adults from the 2013 wave of the (n = 1,497), our results show that practical wisdom is associated with lower depressive symptoms. We also document that three God-related constructs, God-mediated control, trust in God, and gratitude towards God each partially explained the relationship between wisdom and well-being. Taken together, Christian conceptions of God as a personal, divine being, the ultimate attachment figure who is an unconditional source of love and support for believers, may be a target of older adults who have cultivated practical wisdom.
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