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Psychological and spiritual well‐being in college students
Author(s) -
Fehring Richard J.,
Brennan Patricia Flatley,
Keller Mary L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770100607
Subject(s) - psychology , spirituality , existentialism , well being , maturity (psychological) , scale (ratio) , mood , clinical psychology , index (typography) , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , alternative medicine , philosophy , physics , epistemology , pathology , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
Two separate correlational studies were conducted to investigate the relationship between spirituality and psychological mood states in response to life change. In the first study a spiritual well‐being index, a spiritual‐maturity scale, a life‐change index, and a depression scale were administered to 95 freshman nursing students. The spiritual well‐being index was composed of two sub‐scales; a religious well‐being and an existential well‐being scale. In the second study a spiritual‐outlook scale and the Profile of Mood State index was added to the above tests and administered to 75 randomly selected college students. The results demonstrated a weak positive relationship between life change and depression. Unlike a previous study, spiritual well‐being, existential well‐being, and spiritual outlook showed strong inverse relationships with negative moods suggesting that spiritual variables may influence psychological well‐being.