Spirituality among a College Student Cohort: A Quantitative Assessment

The Association Between Perceived Spirituality, Religiosity, and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Self-Rated Health

“…For example, as highlighted by Dennis et al, (2004), health educators, school psychologists, and other college personnel who interact with students could challenge students to reflect on their lives and the decisions they make by creating environments where self-reflection and analysis is acknowledged and encouraged through non-threatening strategies. This could be accomplished through journaling, self-reflection, and critical thinking assignments.…”

“…A comprehensive literature review regarding any combination of spirituality, religiosity, and QOL revealed only a limited number of studies (Knox et al, 1998;Adams et al, 2000;Dennis et al, 2004; MEDIATING ROLE OF SELF-RATED HEALTH Salsman et al, 2005). However, these studies suffer from several limitations which include convenience sampling; small sample sizes; the measurement of spirituality without including measures of religiosity; no controls for demographic variables; and invalid measures or non-measurement of self-perceived health and life satisfaction, thereby, limiting the generalizability of the findings.…”

The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Drinking Behaviors: Differences between Students Attending Two Southern Universities

“…In the past quarter century, spirituality and religiosity have been research interests among health educators and practitioners regarding their impact on health and health behaviors (Banks, Poehler, & Russell, 1984, Dennis, Hicks, Banerjee, & Dennis, 2005Dennis, Muller, Miller, & Banerjee, 2004;O'Connor, Pronk, Tan, & Whitebird, 2005, to name a few), with a few studies specific to spirituality/ religiosity and drinking or drug abuse, Wood and Hebert (2005), Nicholson, Higgins, Turner, James, Stickle, & Pruitt (1994), and Stewart (2001), to name three.…”

The relationship between spirituality and depressive symptom severity, psychosocial functioning impairment, and quality of life: examining the impact of age, gender, and ethnic differences

“…Several investigations have indicated that women typically score higher on spirituality measures than men (Dennis, Muller, Miller, & Banerjee, 2004;Jafari et al, 2010;King, Cummings, & Whetstone, 2005;Wink & Dillon, 2002). However, Jafari et al's (2010) study has been the only study corroborating this among college students.…”