Open AccessPaths from Spiritual Support to College Self-Efficacy in Southeastern Christian and Southeastern Public University Students
Author(s) -
Mollie D. K. Carter
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of curriculum studies research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-2788
DOI - 10.46303/jcsr.2022.2
Subject(s) - mindfulness , forgiveness , spirituality , psychology , moderation , perspective (graphical) , normative , life satisfaction , structural equation modeling , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , statistics , alternative medicine , mathematics , epistemology
Using a modified portion of Lent’s (2004) normative model of life satisfaction, this study assessed the role spiritual models play in Southeastern Christian university students’ and Southeastern public university students’ traits of spirituality, mindfulness, forgiveness, and hope, and the associations these traits had with college self-efficacy. Additionally, this study proposed perspective-taking as a moderator of the association between environmental support from spiritual models and spirituality, mindfulness, forgiveness, and hope, such that college students high in perspective-taking would understand and internalize traits of models rather than only imitating the spiritual practices of the model. Participants (n = 384) in this one-time survey study were recruited from a Southeaster Christian university and a Southeastern public university. Results of the paths show spirituality, mindfulness, forgiveness, and hope mediated the association between environmental support from spiritual models and college self-efficacy, but perspective-taking did not moderate associations from environmental support from spiritual models to the mediators. These findings supported the modified portion of Lent’s (2004) normative model of life satisfaction which states that environmental support, including support given by spiritual models, enhanced the development of healthy traits such as spirituality, mindfulness, forgiveness, and hope. In turn, the healthy traits were associated with increased college self-efficacy.