In recent years, psychology has shown increasing interest in the role of spirituality in human functioning. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between spirituality and health anxiety among adults. The study involved 89 participants, of whom 80 were included in the final analyses. The group of young adults consisted of 61 individuals aged 18–39, while 19 participants represented middle adulthood (40–64 years). Spirituality was measured using the Spiritual Sphere Questionnaire (Skrzypińska & Karasiewicz, 2013) and the Spiritual Sensitivity Inventory (Straś-Romanowska, Kowal, & Kapała, 2017). Health anxiety was assessed using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) – Polish version (Kocjan, 2016). The results indicate a weak positive relationship between spirituality and health anxiety in the sample (r = 0.0724; p>0,05), which was not statistically significant. Analysis by gender revealed differences: among women the correlation was weak and negative (r = -0.122; p>0,05), whereas among men it was moderately positive (r = 0.349; p>0,05). In both cases, the relationships were not statistically significant. In the age-group analysis, weak positive correlations were observed both among young adults (r = 0.147; p>0,05) and individuals in middle adulthood (r = 0.088; p>0,05). These results were also not statistically significant. These findings point to the need for further research on the role of spirituality in the regulation of health-related anxiety, considering broader psychosocial and religious determinants.
The Relationship Between Spirituality and Health Anxiety in Adults