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Heutagogy and spiritual growth: evidence from multi-year action research

Published Online: 2026-03-17

Published Print: 2026-03

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Hukkinen, Esa https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1861-2395
Luetz, Johannes M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9017-4471
Dowden, Tony https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6309-0790
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Funding for this research was provided by:

University of the Sunshine Coast
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Article History

Received: 20 November 2025

Revised: 13 February 2026

Accepted: 16 February 2026

First Online: 17 March 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007—updated 2018 and 2023), developed jointly by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Australian Research Council (ARC), and Universities Australia and published by the Australian Government (2007). (last accessed 20 November 2025). Effective 1 January 2024, the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (updated 2018) has been revoked and updated, whereupon the study applied the ethical guidance from the 2023 National Statement (last accessed 20 November 2025).The study was approved (Approval #093) by the Alphacrucis University College Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC no. EC00466) on 29 November 2022.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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