- Title
- Investigating spiritual well-being among Islamic Divinity and religious education students in Turkey
- Creator
- Coskun, Mehmet; Fisher, John
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/71118
- Identifier
- vital:6708
- Identifier
- ISSN:0815-3094
- Abstract
- In light of increased emphasis on universities being called to facilitate spiritual growth among students, the Spiritual Health And Life-Orientation Measure was used to assess four domains of spiritual well-being among 122 Divinity and 137 Religious Education students in Turkey. Students provided three responses to 20 items reflecting spiritual well-being, indicating their ideals for spiritual well-being, lived experience and how much university helped in each area. Another 16 potential factors were explored to help students develop their spiritual well-being, ranging from self-improvement to scripture. High scores on ideals for spiritual well-being, reported by both groups of students, underpin the lived experiences of Religious Education and Divinity students in each of four domains of spiritual well-being. Relating with God significantly influenced aspects of spiritual well-being but it appears that the highly religious students overstate the influence of religious activities, such as prayer and scripture, on their spiritual well-being. Universities provide small yet significant support in developing the four domains of spiritual well-being for these students. Overall, this study has shown many similarities, yet some significant variations in spiritual well-being between these Divinity and Religious Education students in Turkey. This project provides a sound base from which future studies can be launched to review, enhance and monitor university students' spiritual well-being and to determine the influence of these students' spiritual well-being on the clients they will serve after graduating and gaining employment.
- Relation
- Religious Education Journal of Australia Vol. 29, no. 2 (2013), p. 21-28
- Rights
- Copyright Australian Association for Religious Education
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Spirituality; Assessment; Higher education; 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 2204 Religion and Religious Studies
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