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- Title
Psychological and spiritual well-being in college students.
- Authors
Fehring, Richard J.; Brennan, Patricia Flatley; Keller, Mary L.
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Research in Nursing & Health, 1987, Vol 10, Issue 6, p391
- ISSN
0160-6891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nur.4770100607