Psychological and spiritual well-being in college students.
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.
College of Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233.
R J
RJ
Fehring
P F
PF
Brennan
M L
ML
Keller
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005086:Existentialism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities