RT Journal Article
T1 Guilt, Psychological Well-Being and Religiosity in Contemporary Cinema
A1 Moreno Martín, Florentino
A1 Fernández Villanueva, Icíar
A1 Ayllón Alonso, Elena
A1 Medina Marina, José Ángel
AB This study explains the change in meaning that psychology has given to the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being since the beginning of the 20th century, dating it back to the deep change introduced by post-modernity. Guilt is interpreted as a paradigm of this change in meaning, and the reflection that the different ways of understanding guilt have had on the screen is analyzed. The Content Analysis of a sample of 94 films showed 5 modes of expression of guilt that can be placed on a continuum from the traditional Judeo-Christian model that serves as a benchmark—harm-repentance-penitence-forgiveness—to the removal of guilt as a requirement for self-realization. The other three models emerge between these two poles: the absence of guilt as a psychiatric pathology; the resignification of the guilty act for the reduction in dissonance; and idealized regret at no cost. Studying guilt-coping models of the films allows us to infer the hypothesis that a large part of the current positive view of religiosity in psychological well-being is related to a culture that does not demand psychological suffering as a requirement for a full experience of spirituality.
PB MPDI
SN 2077-1444
YR 2022
FD 2022-03-24
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72261
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72261
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 jul 2024