Religiosity and Spiritual Well-being among GenZ and Millennials: A Comparative Analysis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19704128

Titiksha Bhatia, Vedika Kapoor, Mehak Gupta, Khushi Garg, and Prerna Goyal (Department of Psychology, Jagannath University, Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Haryana)

Generation Z (GenZ), also commonly known as “post-millennials” is the generation of people born in late 1990s and early 2000s, while the term “Millennials” generally refers to the generation of people born between the early 1980s and 1990s (Merriam-Webster dictionary). The topics of spiritual well-being and religiosity have attracted the attention of the scientific community since long due to its advantageous contributions towards mental well-being of an individual, however, no study have explored how these constructs differ across different age groups. Hence, the aim of the present study was to discern how individuals belonging to GenZ and Millenials groups differ on the constructs of religiosity and spiritual well-being. For the purpose, a sample size of 210 individuals was taken, out of which 83 (40%) were Millennials and 117 (60%) belonged to GenZ. The data was collected through a survey questionnaire, using purposive sampling technique. The tools used included Hindi Adaptation of Centrality of Religiosity scale (Dua, 2020) and the Spiritual Well-Being scale (Malinakova, 2017). The findings revealed a significant mean difference among the two groups on the construct of religiosity t(208)=2.66, p<.01 and spiritual well-being t(208)=4.07, p<.01. Further, it was observed that millennials were more inclined towards religiosity whereas the GenZ were more inclined into Spiritual Well-Being. This study thus contributes in the pool of literature by providing the difference in their religiosity levels and spiritual well-being levels. This also gives the scientific community an opportunity to explore these two variables in different age groups on a larger scale.