Spirituality correlates to better mental health regardless of religion, say researchers

Spirituality correlates to better mental health regardless of religion, say researchers

This is an interesting article on mental health and spirituality.  I am especially intrigued by the part about forgiveness.

The MU study used the results of three surveys to determine if correlations existed among participants' self-reported mental and physical health, personality factors, and spirituality in Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Protestants. Across all five faiths, a greater degree of spirituality was related to better mental health, specifically lower levels of neuroticism and greater extraversion. Forgiveness was the only spiritual trait predictive of mental health after personality variables were considered.