Impact of practicing spirituality on psychological well-being

Pages: 252-257
Karthik Hariharan and Riya Kapoor (Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study ‘Impact of practicing Spirituality on Psychological Well-being’ was undertaken with the specific objective, viz., (1) To study the relationship between spiritual practice and psychological well-being (2) To study the effect of spiritual practice on the psychological well-being. (3) To study the difference in psychological well-being of males and females due to their respective spiritual practice(4) To study the difference between low score and high score of spiritual practice in relation to psychological well-being. The data was collected from a total sample of 120 adults in the age group of 20 years – 30 years which was randomly selected. Standardized scale of Spiritual Practices (SpREUK-P) questionnaire by Ardnt Bussing (2015) was used to measure the spiritual practices of the adults and Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-being by Ryff (2007) was used to measure the psychological well-being. The collected data was tabulated, processed and analyzed by employing statistical technique, i.e., Correlation and Regression .The results of study indicated that young adults showed a low level of impact of their spiritual practice on their psychological well-being.