Spiritual and Psychological Health of Malaysian Youths
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 20, pp. 85-101, 2009
18 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last revised: 6 Oct 2009
Date Written: 2009
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of and association between measures of spiritual and psychological health in a sample of 358 undergraduate students of a large Malaysian university (Mean age = 22.25 years, SD = 1.87). All the study variables correlated significantly positive with each other. Signifi can't gender difference existed in terms of mean life satisfaction scores only, with females more satisfied than males. Overall, spiritual well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly. Surprisingly, existential well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly, whereas religious well-being failed to do so. Discussion includes implications of the present fi ndings for counseling practice and guidelines for future research.
Keywords: Spiritual health, psychological health, youth
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