Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountains
Spiritual values can be a source of meaning for people, and can also determine their feelings, behavior, and mental health. In China’s Buddhist mountains, we collected a total of 400 valid questionnaires from Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, and identified spiritual values as transcendence, general con...
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| description | Spiritual values can be a source of meaning for people, and can also determine their feelings, behavior, and mental health. In China’s Buddhist mountains, we collected a total of 400 valid questionnaires from Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, and identified spiritual values as transcendence, general connectedness, inner balance, positive life direction, and special religious feelings. We also explored the impact of these spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing according to the PERMA model (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement). The results revealed that the more easily attained spiritual values (general connectedness, positive life direction, and special religious feelings) had a greater influence on psychological wellbeing than the less easily-attained spiritual values (transcendence and inner balance). Positive emotion and meaning, as components of psychological wellbeing, were strongly influenced by the four spiritual values, whereas engagement, accomplishment, and relationships were influenced by fewer spiritual values. The research contributes to the existing knowledge on spiritual values by analyzing their dimensions and relationships with tourists’ wellbeing from different levels, and also provides empirical suggestions for the sustainable development of religious tourism destinations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b39a6eb45e845128e71a7539bdceed12023-08-03T08:24:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-08-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11367551136755Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountainsGe ZhangKeji HuangShiwei ShenSpiritual values can be a source of meaning for people, and can also determine their feelings, behavior, and mental health. In China’s Buddhist mountains, we collected a total of 400 valid questionnaires from Mount Putuo and Mount Jiuhua, and identified spiritual values as transcendence, general connectedness, inner balance, positive life direction, and special religious feelings. We also explored the impact of these spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing according to the PERMA model (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievement). The results revealed that the more easily attained spiritual values (general connectedness, positive life direction, and special religious feelings) had a greater influence on psychological wellbeing than the less easily-attained spiritual values (transcendence and inner balance). Positive emotion and meaning, as components of psychological wellbeing, were strongly influenced by the four spiritual values, whereas engagement, accomplishment, and relationships were influenced by fewer spiritual values. The research contributes to the existing knowledge on spiritual values by analyzing their dimensions and relationships with tourists’ wellbeing from different levels, and also provides empirical suggestions for the sustainable development of religious tourism destinations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1136755/fullspiritual valuespsychological wellbeingPERMA modelBuddhist mountainsreligious tourists |
| spellingShingle | Ge Zhang Keji Huang Shiwei Shen Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountains Frontiers in Psychology spiritual values psychological wellbeing PERMA model Buddhist mountains religious tourists |
| title | Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountains |
| title_full | Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountains |
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| title_short | Impact of spiritual values on tourists’ psychological wellbeing: evidence from China’s Buddhist mountains |
| title_sort | impact of spiritual values on tourists psychological wellbeing evidence from china s buddhist mountains |
| topic | spiritual values psychological wellbeing PERMA model Buddhist mountains religious tourists |
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