Spiritual well-being: through the eyes of migrant people living in Portugal

Romeiro, Joana; Caldeira, Sílvia

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Romeiro, Joana

Caldeira, Sílvia

Abstract(s)

The accumulation of sociodemographic, economic and political needs of minority groups in Portuguese society raises the need to investigate the impact on the well-being and, in particular, spiritual well-being of migrants living in Portugal. In short, there is no vast production that addresses this research topic and knowledge in this context is incipient, highlighted by a review of the literature published in 2019 on studies of social health inequality conducted in the national territory (Conceição, 2019). Migrants find themselves in the interstice between cultures and societies, cohabited by stigmas, and confront social inequalities that influence their life projects, purposes and expectations. It is broadly recognized that spirituality acts as a mediator of health (Koenig, 2012; Lucchetti & Lucchetti, 2014). 9th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health Although literature frequently addresses spirituality and religion's benefits, there is a lack of knowledge on how spirituality and spiritual well-being are perceived by migrants and in what way social inequalities translate to one's level of spiritual well-being. This study explores the subjective experience of spiritual wellbeing of migrant adults living in Portugal. Additionally, it intends to raise possible relations between social aspects and spiritual wellbeing in the same sample.