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, Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah, Abd Rahman, Saodah, Md. Noon, Hazizan
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden, The Netherlands 2009
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/17944/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17944/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/17944/1/2009_Spiritual_health_Brill.pdf

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spelling	iium-179442012-03-13T02:55:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17944/ Spiritual and Psychological health of Malaysian youths Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan 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. Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden, The Netherlands 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17944/1/2009_Spiritual_health_Brill.pdf Imam, Syed Sohail and Nurullah, Abu Sadat and Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah 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. Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, pp. 85-101. ISBN 9789004175624 http://ebooks.brillonline.nl/view_pdf?id=nij978900
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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.
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author	Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan
spellingShingle	Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan Spiritual and Psychological health of Malaysian youths
author_facet	Imam, Syed Sohail Nurullah, Abu Sadat Makol-Abdul, Pute Rahimah Abd Rahman, Saodah Md. Noon, Hazizan
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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
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publisher	Koninklijke Brill NV Leiden, The Netherlands
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