F7 The NDE, Career Values, and Spiritual Wellness: A ..

The NDE, Career Values, and Spiritual Wellness: A Comparative Study
Lauren B. Thibodeau, Ph.D.

An overview of the research project which consists of research used from Super's Work Values Inventory (1985) and Ingersoll's Spiritual Wellness Inventory (SWI) (1995) to compare 41 near-death experiencers. The quantitative data was remarkable robust, suggesting that the incidence of an NDE was much more important than any other variable such as years since NDE, type of NDE, gender, age at NDE. This study found that NDErs and non-NDErs who participated are different in terms of their work values and levels of spiritual wellness. Qualitative data from the study further suggest that NDErs feel very isolated and unlike others. As a result, NDErs reported feeling extremely reluctant to discuss their profound, traumatic experiences and its aftermath.