Table 1.

Significant Findings

Themes	Concepts of Meaning-Making and Spirituality	Categories
The Importance of Divine Support	Relationship with and connection to God as important	Belief in God seen as protective factor God as important and mattering most over the lifecourse
Spirituality as a Vital Resource and Promoter of Resilience	Spirituality contributes the process of resilience and helps centenarians cope with life adversity.	Spirituality as a central component to well-being Spirituality as coping tool for helping them live with acceptance of living to an old age
The continuity of spirituality over the lifecourse	Spirituality has remained a constant in the lives of these centenarians and a vehicle for making sense of living long lives	Participants deviated little from their religion or faith tradition acquired as children Few participants narrated about spiritual struggles and losing faith