Testing the Importance of the Meaning of Life in the Relationship of Religious Struggles to Spiritual Growth and Decline
Testing the Importance of the Meaning of Life in the Relationship of Religious Struggles to Spiritual Growth and Decline

Summary/Abstract: Religious struggles are a situation in a personʼs life when religion ceases tobe a resource and becomes a source of stress. Religious struggles cover a widerange of experiences. Some of them are intrapsychic, others are interpersonal ormay relate directly to the deity. The research was designed to analyze the rela-tionship between religious struggles, spiritual growth or decline, and to deter-mine the mechanism of this relationship. The moderating role of meaning oflife in this relationship was tested. The study was conducted on a group of 234people (50% women), mostly Roman Catholic religion. The following toolswere used in the study: Religious/Spiritual Struggle Scale (RSS), SpiritualTransformation Scale (STS) and the Purpose in Life Test (PIL). The conductedanalyses showed that religious struggles are significantly associated only withspiritual decline. No changing role of a meaning of life in the association ofreligious struggles with spiritual growth and decline.

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