Personal Spiritual Values and Quality of Life: Evidence from Chinese College Students | Zendy

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Personal Spiritual Values and Quality of Life: Evidence from Chinese College Students

Author(s) -

Kaili C. Zhang,

C. Harry Hui,

Jasmine Lam,

Esther Yuet Ying Lau,

Shu Fai Cheung,

Doris S. Mok

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of religion and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.548

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1573-6571

pISSN - 0022-4197

DOI - 10.1007/s10943-013-9686-1

Subject(s) - public health , psychology , quality (philosophy) , quality of life (healthcare) , medical education , social psychology , applied psychology , medicine , nursing , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy

Values are guiding principles in our life. While some studies found spiritual values to be "healthier," Sagiv and Schwartz (Eur J Soc Psychol 30:177-198, 2000) showed that people holding non-spiritual values were higher on affective well-being. We examined the predictive power of these two types of values with a longitudinal data set collected from Chinese students mainly in Hong Kong. Structural equation modeling revealed that spiritual values (as well as family income) positively predicted quality of life a year later. Non-spiritual, self-enhancement values, did not show any association. Results suggest that developing spiritual values may promote well-being through enabling individuals to find meaning and purpose in life.

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