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commitment to belief and its positive effects on well being.DAY,Liza.  \nAvailable from the Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive (SHURA)at:http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20657/  \nA Sheffield Hallam University thesis  \nThis thesis is protected by copyright which belongs to the author.  \nThe content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or mediumwithout the formal permission of the author.  \nWhen referring to this work,fullbibliographic details including the author,title,awardinginstitution and date of the thesis must be given.  \nPlease visit http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20657/and http://shura.shu.ac.uk/information.html forfurther details about copyright and re-use permissions.  \nREFERENCE  \nProQuest Number:10701304  \nAll rights reserved  \nINFORMATION TOALL USERS  \nThe quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted.  \nIn the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscriptand there are missing pages,these will be noted.Also,if material had to be removed,a note will indicate the deletion.  \nProQuest 10701304  \nPublished by ProQuest LLC(2017).Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nThis work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17,United States CodeMicroform Edition ◎ ProQuest LLC.  \nProQuest LLC.789 East Eisenhower ParkwayP.O.Box 1346Ann Arbor,MI 48106-1346  \nA Theory of Commitment to Belief and itsPositive Effects on Well Being  \nLiza Day  \nA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements ofSheffield Hallam University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy  \nAugust 2002  \nABSTRACT  \nThe aim of the present research was to provide a theoretical,research,andmeasurement context to the notion that a commitment to belief leads to a positiveoutcome,particularly in terms of mental health.The present work seeks to test anumber of hypotheses derived from a Jungian theoretical framework,but seeks todraw on modern personality,individual difference,cognitive and socialpsychological theory to critically examine findings  \nA total of 14 studies(10 which use original data)are carried out that(1)develop a measure of commitment to belief(Chapter 2),(2)examine the reliabilityand validity of the commitment to belief measure(Chapters 2 and 3),(3)examinepsychological correlates of the commitment to belief measure against measuresthought to reflect Jungian descriptions(Chapters 4,5 and 6),and(4)examine therelationship between commitment to belief and mental health within the context ofmodern theories of stress appraisal and coping style(Chapter 7 and 8).  \nThe present findings suggest it may be possible to measure commitment tobelief,and that a person scoring high on the commitment to belief scale tends toreport:fewer depressive symptoms,less anxiety,less social dysfunction,fewersomatic symptoms,liking words that suggest completeness or wholeness,sometimeshigher levels of extraversion,higher levels of optimism,using challenging primaryappraisals,using a positive reinterpretation and growth coping style,and using theirbeliefs to deal with major life events.  \nSuch findings suggest the development and measurement of a construct thathas a relationship to a number of variables that can be interpreted within a Jungianframework of ideas.Future research is needed to examine the applied nature of themeasurement of commitment to belief.  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nFirst and foremost,I would like to thank Dr John Maltby for all his help and advicein the completion of this research.Above all,I would like to thank him for hisincredible patience and seemingly limitless enthusiasm and inspiration.I would alsolike to thank Dr Ann Macaskill for some constructive advice.  \nI would like to also thank Oxford Psychologists Press for permission to use theMyers-Briggs Type Indicator.  \nContents  \nPage  \nPreface………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1  \nChapter One: A theoretical context 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