Elderly, Religiosity, and Meaning of Life: A Critical Review

Chamilul Al Karim, Ika Kristiana

2021

Abstract

The increasing elderly population raises the empowerment need of becoming healthy and productive. Many religious-based interventions have been carried out for the elderly to achieve the meaning of their lives. It is essential to understand whether religious-based interventions are related to increasing the meaning of life for the elderly, especially those living in nursing homes, how and why this can happen. The critical review was the right approach to highlight this. Article searches were conducted through e-databases: ScienceDirect, Springer, ProQuest, and ERIC. Two articles were obtained by applying the article search strategy, inclusion- exclusion criteria in screening, and critical appraisal criteria (n=2). The results of the review showed that religiosity/spirituality benefitted the elderly. Spirituality/religiosity gave meaning to the elderly’s existence and helped them adapt to changes caused by aging itself. The number of female subjects became one of the limitations in the first article. In the second article, spirituality/religiosity was more attached to the Christian religious context. There is a need for further research related to spirituality/religiosity in the context of other religions. Intervention based on religiosity/spirituality is one of the programs that can be designed to improve the condition of the elderly.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Al Karim C. and Kristiana I. (2021). Elderly, Religiosity, and Meaning of Life: A Critical Review. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche, ISBN 978-989-758-580-7, pages 103-110. DOI: 10.5220/0010809300003347

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icpsyche21,
author={Chamilul Al Karim and Ika Kristiana},
title={Elderly, Religiosity, and Meaning of Life: A Critical Review},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,},
year={2021},
pages={103-110},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010809300003347},
isbn={978-989-758-580-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Psychological Studies - Volume 1: ICPsyche,
TI - Elderly, Religiosity, and Meaning of Life: A Critical Review
SN - 978-989-758-580-7
AU - Al Karim C.
AU - Kristiana I.
PY - 2021
SP - 103
EP - 110
DO - 10.5220/0010809300003347