NOTIONS OF SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOSITY FOR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS:

• Autor(a) principal: Egg-Serra, Adriana Patrícia
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Holanda, Adriano Furtado
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Interações (Uberlândia. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/interacoes/article/view/29570
• topic: Spirituality; Religiosity; Religion; Psychology Students; Espiritualidad; Religiosidad; Religión; Estudiantes de Psicología; Espiritualidade; Religiosidade; Religião; Discentes de Psicologia

This work sought to describe how psychology students understand the concept of spirituality and other related concepts, such as religion, religiosity, and religious/spiritual coping, after being exposed to literature in the field. Through a phenomenological analysis of their reports, the investigation showed that spirituality appears, first of all, in its breadth as a theme, revealed in the face of the silence that surrounds it in graduation. Contact with studies proved to be important to broaden the students' perception, enabling them to distinguish the use of the analyzed terms, but clarity about their definitions was not identified, which reflects the lack of consensus on uses and meanings of nomenclatures in this field. There was a strong recognition of both the relevance and the absence of the topic in undergraduate courses and its inalienable presence in the life of the population. It is concluded that understanding how academics engage with studies in the field of Spirituality and Health is a relevant component in establishing clearer and more effective communication that adequately contributes to addressing the lack of training in this area.