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随着精神性对社会的意义越来越被人们所重视，心理学对精神性的讨论也越来越热烈。本文从精神性的研究历程将其分为宗教的精神性、人文的精神性以及科学的精神性，同时对目前国外科学精神性的相关研究和方法进行阐述，最后对精神性研究存在的问题加以总结述评并对今后研究提出展望。
수착정신성대사회적의의월래월피인문소중시，심이학대정신성적토론야월래월열렬。본문종정신성적연구역정장기분위종교적정신성、인문적정신성이급과학적정신성，동시대목전국외과학정신성적상관연구화방법진행천술，최후대정신성연구존재적문제가이총결술평병대금후연구제출전망。
As people pay more attention to the significant role that spirituality plays in society, a case can be made for spirituality from the psychological perspective. Spirituality is a relatively modern term in Western religious vocabulary, reflective of modernity＇s turn to the subject. This paper will not enter the debate over the existence of a higher power but will review how spirituality has developed and evoled in foreign countries. Some people focus on how spirituality serves as an independent variable that has an impact on mental health. Others believe spirituality is treated as a dependent variable, as important as an outcome in its own right. Lots of people believe that the religion and spirituality have little difference. According to the development of the spirituality research, this paper divides it into three parts, i. e. , religious spirituality, humanist spirituality, and scientific spirituality. Religious spirituality is mostly concerned with spirituality in the religious sense, i.e. , generally seen as an integral part of religion. Humanist spirituality may embrace many of the same types of practices as religious spirituality, but it emphasizes the inner peace of the individual rather than a relationship with the divine. It diminishes the role of religion in society. Scientific spirituality uses the experimental methods to study spirituality. Like the psychology of religion, it uses a variety of metrics to measure spirituality, and neuroscientists try to learn more about the brain functions during the reported spiritual experiences. The paper elaborates the related research about the scientific spirituality abroad, such as the study about spirituality and personality, the study about spirituality and transpersonal psychology, the study about spirituality and mental health. Besides, the paper elaborates the method of research on spirituality. Through the current scientific research on spirituality, we can see the progress in spirituality research. Finally, we point out some promising domains of the research that should be conducted in terms of theory and practice, such as providing the definition and construct of spirituality, using the new paradigm to explore the idea that spirituality can influence society. This paper summarizes the problems of the current research in spirituality and discusses future research directions. In contemporary usage, spirituality has often been regarded as a way for humans to long for ultimate meaning or for a sense of divine presence in their daily lives. However, that is understood without addressing the issues of institutional or historical religious identity or association. West- ern psychology provides us a way to understand spirituality, but what is more important is that we must learn to apply it to the Chinese context. This paper suggests a systematic approach to spirituality in China and serves as a new frame of reference.