title: Quest for a good life: spiritual values, life goals, and college students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Values and life goals are associated with one's general well-being and quality of life. However, there is insufficient documentation about issues that are linked with the notions of spiritual values and life goals among college students in Asia. This study addressed this lack of research by focusing on the spiritual values and life goals among students in Singapore.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and ninety structured surveys and 64 follow-up interviews were taken in two government-sponsored universities in Singapore.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistics showed that spiritual values were positively correlated with intrinsic goals, which had been shown to strongly relate to subjective well-being (SWB).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Developing spiritual values may promote subjective well-being by enabling college students to find meaning and purpose in life.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Kaili Chen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Esther Dawen
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012067:Religion; D012380:Role; D012846:Singapore; D012945:Social Values; D029181:Spirituality; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: college student; life goal; personal development; spiritual value