Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths

The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of and association between measures of spiritual and psychological health in a sample of 358 undergraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (Mean age = 22.25 years, SD = 1.87). All the study variables correlated signifi cantl...

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Main Authors:	Imam, Syed Sohail, Nurullah, Abu Sadat, Abd Rahman, Saodah, Md. Noon, Hazizan
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Koninklije Brill NV 2009
Subjects:	BJ1188 Religious ethics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/940/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/940/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/940/1/Spiritual_%26_Psychological_Health_of_Malaysian_Youths.pdf

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spelling	iium-9402012-03-13T02:56:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/940/ Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan BJ1188 Religious ethics The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of and association between measures of spiritual and psychological health in a sample of 358 undergraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (Mean age = 22.25 years, SD = 1.87). All the study variables correlated signifi cantly positive with each other. Significant gender difference existed in terms of mean life satisfaction scores only, with females more satisfied than males. Overall, spiritual well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly. Surprisingly, existential well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly, whereas religious well-being failed to do so. Discussion includes implications of the present findings for counseling practice and guidelines for future research. Koninklije Brill NV 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/940/1/Spiritual_%26_Psychological_Health_of_Malaysian_Youths.pdf Imam, Syed Sohail and Nurullah, Abu Sadat and Abd Rahman, Saodah and Md. Noon, Hazizan (2009) Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths. In: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Koninklije Brill NV, Leiden, pp. 85-101. ISBN 9789004175624 http://ebooks.brillonline.nl/view_pdf?id=nij9789004175624_nij9789004175624_i-334-28
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description	The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of and association between measures of spiritual and psychological health in a sample of 358 undergraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (Mean age = 22.25 years, SD = 1.87). All the study variables correlated signifi cantly positive with each other. Significant gender difference existed in terms of mean life satisfaction scores only, with females more satisfied than males. Overall, spiritual well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly. Surprisingly, existential well-being predicted self-efficacy, self-esteem, and life satisfaction significantly, whereas religious well-being failed to do so. Discussion includes implications of the present findings for counseling practice and guidelines for future research.
format	Book Chapter
author	Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan
author_facet	Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan
author_sort	Imam, Syed Sohail
title	Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths
title_short	Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths
title_full	Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths
title_fullStr	Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths
title_full_unstemmed	Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths
title_sort	spiritual and psychological health of malaysian youths
publisher	Koninklije Brill NV
publishDate	2009
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Spiritual and psychological health of Malaysian youths

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