nach oben

Journal of Religion and Health

Erschienen in:

01.08.2014 | Original Paper

Personal Spiritual Values and Quality of Life: Evidence from Chinese College Students

verfasst von: Kaili Chen Zhang, C. Harry Hui, Jasmine Lam, Esther Yuet Ying Lau, Shu-fai Cheung, Doris Shui Ying Mok

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 4/2014

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

Abstract

Values are guiding principles in our life. While some studies found spiritual values to be “healthier,” Sagiv and Schwartz (Eur J Soc Psychol 30:177–198, 2000) showed that people holding non-spiritual values were higher on affective well-being. We examined the predictive power of these two types of values with a longitudinal data set collected from Chinese students mainly in Hong Kong. Structural equation modeling revealed that spiritual values (as well as family income) positively predicted quality of life a year later. Non-spiritual, self-enhancement values, did not show any association. Results suggest that developing spiritual values may promote well-being through enabling individuals to find meaning and purpose in life.

Nur mit Berechtigung zugänglich

This model did not meet the stringent criteria of model testing, χ ² = 605.14, df = 239, p < .001; RMSEA = .05 (90 % CI = .05–.06); Cfit p = .32; CFI = .90; SRMR = .05. However, the paths linking religion to spiritual values and QoL were not significant, while the path coefficient from spiritual values to QoL was unchanged.

Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411–423. doi:10.1037//0033-2909.103.3.411.CrossRef

Astin, A. W. (1993). What matters in college? Four critical years revisited (Vol. 2). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Astin, A. W., Astin, H. S., & Lindholm, J. A. (2011). Assessing students’ spiritual and religious qualities. Journal of College Student Development, 52(1), 39–61.CrossRef

Baetz, M., Bowen, R., Jones, G., & Koru-Sengul, T. (2006). How spiritual values and worship attendance relate to psychiatric disorders in the Canadian population. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry/La Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 51(10), 654–661.

Bentler, P. M., & Bonett, D. G. (1980). Significance tests and goodness of fit in the analysis of covariance structures. Psychological Bulletin, 88, 588–606. doi:10.1037//0033-2909.88.3.588.CrossRef

Bergin, A. E. (1991). Values and religious issues in psychotherapy and mental health. American Psychologist, 46(4), 394–403. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.46.4.394.PubMedCrossRef

Block, P. (1993). Stewardship: Choosing service over self-interest. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Boswell, B. B., Knight, S., Hamer, M., & McChesney, J. (2001). Disability and spirituality: A reciprocal relationship with implications for the rehabilitation process. Journal of Rehabilitation, 67(4), 20–25.

Brown, T. A., White, K. S., Forsyth, J. P., & Barlow, D. H. (2004). The structure of perceived emotional control: Psychometric properties of a revised Anxiety Control Questionnaire. Behavior Therapy, 35(1), 75–99. doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(04)80005-4.CrossRef

Browne, M. W., & Cudeck, R. (1993). Alternative ways of assessing model fit. In K. A. Bollen & J. S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136–162). Newbury, CA: Sage.

Casas, F., González, M., Figuer, C., & Coenders, G. (2004). Life-satisfaction, values and goal achievement: The case of planned versus by chance searches on the Internet. Social Indicators Research, 66(1–2), 123–141. doi:10.1023/B:SOCI.0000007492.61737.46.

Duffy, R. D., & Blustein, D. L. (2005). The relationship between spirituality, religiousness, and career adaptability. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 67(3), 429–440. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2004.09.003.CrossRef

Enders, C. K. (2010). Applied missing data analysis. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Frisch, M. B. (1998). Quality of life therapy and assessment in health care. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 5(1), 19–40. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.1998.tb00132.x.

Hsiao, Y., Chien, L., Wu, L., Chiang, C., & Huang, S. (2010). Spiritual health, clinical practice stress, depressive tendency and health-promoting behaviours among nursing students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(7), 1612–1622. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05328.x.PubMedCrossRef

Hu, L.-t., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6(1), 1–55. doi:10.1080/10705519909540118.CrossRef

Hui, C. H., Chan, S. W. Y., Lau, E. Y. Y., Cheung, S. F., & Mok, D. S. Y. (2012). The role of religion in moderating the impact of life events on material life goals: Some evidence in support of terror management theory. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture. doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.745494

Hui, C. H., Ng, C. W., Mok, D. S. Y., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Cheung, S. F. (2011). “Faith maturity scale” for Chinese: A revision and construct validation. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21, 308–322. doi:10.1080/10508619.2011.607417.CrossRef

Hull, J. M. (1999). Spirituality, religion, faith: Mapping the territory. Youth and Policy: The Journal of Critical Analysis, 65, 48–59.

Johnson, C. V., & Hayes, J. A. (2003). Troubled spirits: Prevalence and predictors of religious and spiritual concerns among university students and counseling center clients. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(4), 409–419. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.50.4.409.CrossRef

Jöreskog, K. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34, 183–202. doi:10.1007/bf02289343 CrossRef

Kasser, T., & Ahuvia, A. (2002). Materialistic values and well-being in business students. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32(1), 137–146. doi:10.1002/ejsp.85.CrossRef

Koenig, H. G., & Cohen, H. J. (2002). Psychological stress and autoimmune disease. In H. G. Koenig & H. J. Cohen (Eds.), The link between religion and health: Psychoneuroimmunology and the faith factor (pp. 174–196). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.CrossRef

Leung, Y. S. C., & Li-Tsang, W. P. C. (2003). Quality of life of parents who have children with disabilities. Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(1), 19–24. doi:10.1016/s1569-1861(09)70019-1.CrossRef

Leung, K. F., Tay, M., Cheng, S., & Lin, F. (1997). Hong Kong Chinese version World Health Organisation Quality of Life—Abbreviated version. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

Leung, K. F., Wong, W. W., Tay, M. S. M., Chu, M. M. L., & Ng, S. S. W. (2005). Development and validation of the interview version of the Hong Kong Chinese WHOQOL-BREF. Quality of Life Research, 14(5), 1413–1419. doi:10.1007/s11136-004-4772-1.PubMedCrossRef

Little, B. (1989). Personal projects analysis: Trivial pursuits, magnificent obsessions, and the search for coherence. In D. M. Buss & N. Canton (Eds.), Personality psychology: Recent trends and emerging directions (pp. 15–31). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.CrossRef

Moberg, D. (2010). Spirituality research: Measuring the immeasurable? Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 62, 99–114.

Muthén, L. K., & Muthén, B. O. (1998-2010). Mplus user’s guide (6th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Muthén & Muthén.

Oishi, S., Diener, E. F., Lucas, R. E., & Suh, E. M. (1999). Cross-cultural variations in predictors of life satisfaction: Perspectives from needs and values. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25(8), 980–990. doi:10.1177/01461672992511006.CrossRef

Parks, S. D. (2000). Big questions, worthy dreams: Mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students: A third decade of research (Vol. 2). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E. W., Petrides, K. V., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money giveth, money taketh away: The dual effect of wealth on happiness. Psychological Science, 21(6), 759–763. doi:10.1177/0956797610371963.PubMedCrossRef

Ray, M. (1993). The emerging new paradigm in business. In J. Renesch (Ed.), New traditions in business (pp. 25–38). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.

Reker, G. T., & Wong, P. T. P. (1988). Aging as an individual process: Toward a theory of personal meaning. In J. E. Birren & V. L. Bengston (Eds.), Emergent theories of aging. New York, NY: Springer.

Rigdon, E. E. (1996). CFI versus RMSEA: A comparison of two fit indexes for structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 3(4), 369–379. doi:10.1080/10705519609540052.CrossRef

Robert, S. A., Cherepanov, D., Palta, M., Dunham, N. C., Feeny, D., & Fryback, D. G. (2009). Socioeconomic status and age variations in health-related quality of life: Results from the national health measurement study. The Journals of Gerontology, 64B(3), 378–389.PubMedCentralCrossRef

Sagiv, L., & Schwartz, S. H. (2000). Value priorities and subjective well-being: Direct relations and congruity effects. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30(2), 177–198. doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(200003/04)30:2<177:aid-ejsp982>3.0.co;2-z.CrossRef

Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J.-E. (1997). Goal contents, well-being, and life context during transition to university: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20(3), 471–491. doi:10.1080/016502597385234.CrossRef

Sawatzky, R., Ratner, P. A., & Chiu, L. (2005). A meta-analysis of the relationship between spirituality and quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 72(2), 153–188. doi:10.1007/s11205-004-5577-x.CrossRef

Schuessler, K. F., & Fisher, G. A. (1985). Quality of life research and sociology. Annual Review of Sociology, 11, 129–149.CrossRef

Schwartz, S. H. (1992). Universals in the content and structure of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 25, pp. 1–65). New York, NY: Academic Press.

Schwartz, S. H. (1996). Value priorities and behavior: Applying a theory of integrated value systems. In C. Seligman, J. M. Olson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), The psychology of values: The Ontario symposium (Vol. 8, pp. 1–24). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schwartz, S. H., & Boehnke, K. (2004). Evaluating the structure of human values with confirmatory factor analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 38(3), 230. doi:10.1016/s0092-6566(03)00069-2.CrossRef

Schwartz, S. H., & Huismans, S. (1995). Value priorities and religiosity in four Western religions. Social Psychology Quarterly, 58(2), 88–107. doi:10.2307/2787148.CrossRef

Sirgy, M. J. (1998). Materialism and quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 43(3), 227–260.CrossRef

Skevington, S. M., Lotfy, M., & O’Connell, K. A. (2004). The World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL Group. Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 299–310. doi:10.1023/b:qure.0000018486.91360.00.PubMedCrossRef

Song, X.-C., & Yue, G.-A. (2006). A Research of 861 university students on the correlations between spiritual belief and coping style. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 20(2), 104–106.

Strupp, H. H. (1980). Humanism and psychotherapy: A personal statement of the therapist’s essential values. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 17(4), 396–400. doi:10.1037/h0085938.CrossRef

Tartakovsky, E., & Schwartz, S. H. (2001). Motivation for emigration, values, wellbeing, and identification among young Russian Jews. International Journal of Psychology, 36(2), 88–99. doi:10.1080/00207590042000100.CrossRef

The WHOQOL Group. (1998). The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Development and general psychometric properties. Social Science and Medicine, 46(12), 1569–1585. doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00009-4.CrossRef

Thoresen, C. E. (1999). Spirituality and health: Is there a relationship? Journal of Health Psychology, 4(3), 291–300. doi:10.1177/135910539900400314.PubMedCrossRef

Tsang, H. W. H., & Wong, A. (2005). Development and validation of the Chinese Version of Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale (CV-IJSS) for people with mental illness. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 51(2), 177–191. doi:10.1177/0020764005056766.PubMedCrossRef

Wong, M. L., Lau, E. Y. Y., Wan, J. H. Y., Cheung, S. F., Hui, C. H., & Mok, D. S. Y. (2012). The interplay between sleep and mood in predicting academic behaviors, physical and psychological health: A longitudinal study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.08.014.

Titel: Personal Spiritual Values and Quality of Life: Evidence from Chinese College Students
verfasst von: Kaili Chen Zhang
C. Harry Hui
Jasmine Lam
Esther Yuet Ying Lau
Shu-fai Cheung
Doris Shui Ying Mok
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2014
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-013-9686-1

Klimawandel und Gesundheit: Was Sie in der Hausarztpraxis wissen müssen und tun können

Springer Medizin

Personal Spiritual Values and Quality of Life: Evidence from Chinese College Students

Abstract

Klimawandel und Gesundheit: Was Sie in der Hausarztpraxis wissen müssen und tun können

Springer Medizin

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu diesem Inhalt zu erhalten

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 4/2014

As I See It: A Study of African American Pastors’ Views on Health and Health Education in the Black Church

The Structure and Direction of Emotion in Elite Sport: Deconstructing Unhealthy Paradigms and Distorted Norms for the Body

Menopausal Symptoms: Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms?

Spirituality of Chronic Orofacial Pain Patients: Case–Control Study

Religious Coping Methods of Taiwanese Folk Religion

Substance Abuse in Middle Eastern Adolescents Living in Two Different Countries: Spiritual, Cultural, Family and Personal Factors