problems and coping mechanisms of chinese religious

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PROBLEMS AND COPING MECHANIS!,IS OF CHIITESE RELIGIOUS SIS1ERS AT MIDTIFE TRAINSITION

/ IN TAIWAN

A Thesis Presented to

the Faculty of the ^{Graduate School}

De La Salle UniversitY

In ^Partial Fulfillment

of the Reguirements for ^{tho DegrGc of}

tlaeter of Science in Guidance and Couneallrg

bry

Sister }ffting-Chu, ^OrF

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ABSTnACT

Thc rtudy 1r ^aD rttaqpt _to idcntlfy ^{the problcna}

cparlcnccd by the ^Chlncee Rellgloue Slrtcrr ln nldltfc, orpeclelly probleu aaroclatcd rith thr phyrlologl.crl, peyctnloglcale and eplrltual aspoctr and thc corrclpondtng

coplDg ncchanlcnc thcy ^u!Gd.

Rsccarch derign var dcacriBtlve aal sarratlvc in naturc. ^A aurvcy quGstlon$al,re vas rrrcd to ^{gathGr daga.}

Tho queatiosralrc ras conductcd auong 100 Rcligloue tli.etcrs froo varLoue congrGgatlonc in Talraa.

Thc rceulta of thr rtudy lndlcatcd tbrt tbr doolnant phyllologlcal problcor vort tbr dcclinc of phyrical strcngthr, bl,ologlcal dyefunctlonlng, and tbr fcar of nrr;rau!!c In pryctnloglcal probltrr _{tbo SLtcrr}

gcncrally uanifoltcd lou in rolf-cst€€! ^and rtlf-corccptr

lack of llfc lailrfactlon ln lntcrpcrtoml rrlatl,orrhlp ulth rcliglotrr iutborlty ^tnd otbcr oenbcrl of thc

rrligloue eomunlty, and dbcoofort ln thr rlnlrtry

inrrolvcd. llbry aleo cpcrlonccd difflcultto in ^perroml ad conounal prty.rlr thr obtrrrtncc of _thc vpr ^of,

Povcrtyr ^rDd dlreatbfactlon ln ^dcpth ot'lillcacy rlth

@d.

In coqrarlng tbo rlguiflcant diffarcac.r of tho

robleu bctrccn thc ag. ^groulrr of 35 to {5 ^and _{6 to ⁵

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tbc oldcr groqp euffarcd Dro phyaical dctortoratioo _and blologlcar dyafunctioalng than tbc youag.r on.r. _rhrro y.rc m !lgnlflcarc, dlffcronc.a _oa payctntogtcalo rd aplrltual problcns bctmcn the trc agc aroqprr

Eorcv.rr tbc ftndlngr rttll stprcd tb oldcr group axDcrlcrccd rcre prychologtcal trrrrctle tn thc

arai[ of rcarat attltudc. _{tovardr thorr} par.rt!, _foelrag

borcd and burput in rcrk, lor ln rclf_lovar and

cncountcring roncrincrr. Thc youngor grqp _rboud ror.

ncedr of lntinaclz wltb othsre. ^ghc oldrr grop rhrcd rcro dlfficultlo _Ln corrcntratlng _on praylag _{and fccli.ng}

boradon in rpisitrral llfe.

All th. 6i.etrre dotcrulno _ecrLng a doctorr trklng

r rc!t, _abariry vlth a good frlcnd, conrultlng I

rpiritual _{dLrectore and prtylng aa the} mat cffccttvt

coplng ncchaallnl to ^dcal rlth _thc oldllfc tranrttton ln thie ttudtz. ^',