title: Spirituality of healing touch participants.
abstract: Nurses and nonnurses involved in Healing Touch training were studied to determine if there was a difference in their perception of spirituality. There was no difference between the nurses and nonnurses on either the Spiritual Perspective Scale (F = .001, p = .970) or the Questionnaire on Spiritual and Religious Attitudes (F = .024, p = .878). There was a significant difference between the six levels of training in Healing Touch classes completed by the participants on the Spiritual Perspective Scale (F = 7.079, p = .000). The upper-level classes had higher scores than the lower levels. There was a difference on the Questionnaire on Spiritual and Religious Attitudes between levels of instruction completed (F = 3.326, p = .003). This suggests that there is a heightened sense of spiritual awareness in those in the higher levels of the program. It may be that involvement in an energy-based therapy is one way to develop spiritual awareness.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Houston, Health Science Center School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wardell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008602:Mental Healing / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000523:psychology*