Volume-XI, Issue-II, March 2025 |
Spirituality& Subjective Well-being in Young Adult: An Empirical Investigation Sanju Verma, M.Sc. 1st Year (Psychology), Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, India Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani, Associate Prof., Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University Haryana, India Rafia Khan, Research Scholar, Dept. of Education, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, India Priyanka Thakur, Rehabilitation Psychologist, Sarvodya Kanya Vidyalaya, East of Loni Road, Delhi, India Ritika Pal, Clinical Psychologist, TISQ Health, New Delhi |
Received: 22.03.2025 | Accepted: 29.03.2025 | Published Online: 31.03.2025 | Page No:376-388 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.02W.036 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Spirituality and religion has been the attention of clinicians and researchers in the area of mental health. Research has shown positive implications toward health and mental well-being. Human health is a multidimensional construct which is influenced by gamut of factors. Youths of any nation are important because they are the most potent and productive in their work. The healthy and well-functioning youths are assets to any system and organization. Involving in Spiritual activities is often associated with positive health and many positive behaviors. It becomes vital to investigate these variables in Indian context. The aim of the current paper was to examine Spirituality and Health in college going Youths. The main objectives of the current study were to (i) Examine spirituality among college going Boys & Girls (ii) Examine Subjective well-being among college going Boys & Girls (iii) Examine correlations between Spirituality & Subjective Well-being.. A sample of 174 college going students from one of the Government Universities at Hisar City were selected for the current study using convenient sampling method. The measures used were Spirituality Questionnaire, 20item version (Hardt,Schultz,Xander, Becker &Dragan, 2012) & Subjective well-being questionnaire (Deiner , Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean, SD and inferential statistics like t test and correlational analysis was used to examine the relationships among the variables. The findings indicate significant gender differences on Spirituality, significant positive relationship between spirituality and Subjective well-being . The study showed insignificant gender differences on Subjective well-being. The study highlights the significance of spirituality as possible factor leading to positive health among college Youths and a need to train them in Spiritual oriented practices and interventions to enhance their health. Key words: Spirituality, subjective well-being, young adults, Spiritual practices |