Gender Differences in Spiritual Development During the College Years
نویسنده
چکیده
Gender differences in spirituality and related traits are an assumed reality despite the lack of empirical information that directly compares women and men. I used a national and longitudinal sample of 3,680 college students surveyed with the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey (2000) and later with the College Students’ Beliefs and Values (CSBV) Survey (2003) to examine gender differences on 13 spiritual characteristics and explore the personal and educational factors associated with changes in spirituality during college. The results showed marked gender differences in spiritual qualities, and gendered patterns of spiritual development were identified that are associated with religious identity, peer relationships, and science exposure.
منابع مشابه
Gender Difference in Psychological Well-being among Filipino College Student Samples
This cross-sectional, non-experimental quantitative study aimed to determine gender differences in various aspects of psychological well-being among Filipino college students. A total of 588 college students from various schools in the Philippines participated in this project (males= 110; females = 478). The participants completed eight scales measuring different aspects of psychological well-b...
متن کاملThe spiritual well-being questionnaire: Testing for model applicability, measurement and structural equivalencies, and latent mean differences across gender
Fisher (1998) proposed a spiritual well-being model, comprising primary factors for the domains of personal, communal, environmental and transcendental well-being, that cohere to form a single higher order or global spiritual well-being dimension. In line with this model, Gomez and Fisher (2003) published the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (SWBQ), with scales for measuring personal, communa...
متن کاملGender Differences in the Prevalence of Electrocardiogram Abnormalities in the Elderly: A Population Survey in India
Background: The health transition in India reflects the growing burden of cardiovascular diseases. It is well-known that there are significant and meaningful differences in the measured electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters between females and males. Specific to ECG diagnosis and ischemia, reports have indicated a higher number of false positive results in female patients than in male patients. Th...
متن کاملSpirituality as a Predictor of Reduced Suicide Risk in a Religiously and Ethnically Diverse Youth Sample
Cross-cultural suicide research on spiritual faith as a protective factor in youth is limited. The aim of this study is to examine spiritual faith as a predictor of passive suicidal ideation in a racially and religiously diverse sample of college-aged youth. Participants (N = 243) completed self-report instruments to assess suicidality, social support, reasons for living as well as existential ...
متن کاملSpiritual needs: Gender differences among professional spiritual care providers.
The current study explored gender differences regarding spirituality by comparing the relative frequency with which male (n = 85) and female (n = 103) professional chaplains experience various facets of the spiritual experience. The women in the sample reported experiencing five of the seven spiritual constructs examined significantly more often than men, including the need for (1) belonging, (...
متن کامل