Event Title
The Association Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being in Master of Social Work Students
Description
The purpose of this study is to examine religiosity, psychological well-being, and the correlation between the two constructs for Master of Social Work students. This study examines the relationship between six subscales of psychological well-being and three subscales of religiosity using a sample of 84 MSW students from two large universities in the Midwest. Psychological well-being was conceptualized by The Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), religion was conceptualized by the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) (Koenig & Bussing, 2010), and psychical health was conceptualized by the Physical Health Index (Shavitt et al. 2016). Results show half of the participants in the study do not engage in religious activity and on all but Self-Acceptance, participants responded by having normal or above-normal scores of psychological well-being. Bivariate analyses demonstrate that there is a significant relationship between Self-Acceptance and organized religious activity as well as intrinsic religiosity, but not with non-organized religious activity. Personal Growth is significantly correlated with non-organized religious activity, but only when non-organized religious activity is simplified into two categorical variables. Multiple demographic variables were related to each of the subscales. Because this study used scales with multiple subscales that cannot be combined to encompass the entire construct of psychological well-being or religiosity, the conclusion is that it depends on which subscale is being measured.
The Association Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being in Master of Social Work Students
The purpose of this study is to examine religiosity, psychological well-being, and the correlation between the two constructs for Master of Social Work students. This study examines the relationship between six subscales of psychological well-being and three subscales of religiosity using a sample of 84 MSW students from two large universities in the Midwest. Psychological well-being was conceptualized by The Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), religion was conceptualized by the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL) (Koenig & Bussing, 2010), and psychical health was conceptualized by the Physical Health Index (Shavitt et al. 2016). Results show half of the participants in the study do not engage in religious activity and on all but Self-Acceptance, participants responded by having normal or above-normal scores of psychological well-being. Bivariate analyses demonstrate that there is a significant relationship between Self-Acceptance and organized religious activity as well as intrinsic religiosity, but not with non-organized religious activity. Personal Growth is significantly correlated with non-organized religious activity, but only when non-organized religious activity is simplified into two categorical variables. Multiple demographic variables were related to each of the subscales. Because this study used scales with multiple subscales that cannot be combined to encompass the entire construct of psychological well-being or religiosity, the conclusion is that it depends on which subscale is being measured.