Research Article
Aspects of Spirituality in Medical Doctors and Their Relation to Specific Views of Illness and Dealing with Their Patients' Individual Situation
Table 5
Intercorrelations of aspects of spirituality in medical doctors (partial correlation analysis).
| | Controlled for “CAM specialization” | Religious orientation | Quest orientation | Aspiring beauty/wisdom | Conscious interactions | Compassion/generosity | Transcendence conviction |
| | Aspects of spirituality | | | | | | | | Religious orientation | | .497 | .497 | .200 | .317 | .779 | | Quest orientation | | | .720 | .462 | .400 | .586 | | Aspiring beauty/insight | | | | .344 | .372 | .529 | | Conscious interactions | | | | | .545 | .303 | | Compassion/generosity | | | | | | .341 | | Life satisfaction (sum score) | .164 | .113 | .213 | .268 | .125 | .075 | | Illness as a meaningless interruption (sum score) | | | | | | |
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(partial correlation; controlled for CAM specialization yes/no).
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