Daily spiritual experiences, mindfulness and self esteem among undergraduate students

Abstract

Spirituality is the aspect of human existence that gives it it ‘humanness’. Spirituality is considered by many psychologists to be an inherent property of the human being ((Helminiak, 1996; Newberg, D'Aquili, and Rause, 2001). From this viewpoint, human spirituality is an attempt to understand and connect to the unknowns of the universe or search for meaningfulness in one's life (Adler, 1932/1980; Frankl, 1959). On the other hand Self Esteem is the state of mind. It is the way you think and feel about yourself. Whereas mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. Rationale of doing this research was to see that the people who are high on daily spiritual experiences and mindfulness are they also high on Self Esteem? What is the correlation between Daily Spiritual Experience, Mindfulness and Self Esteem? Sample of 149 University going undergraduate students from Haryana State was collected. Pearson Correlation was applied to see the correlation between all three variables. Results accepted the hypothesis that there is positive significant correlation between daily spiritual experience, mindfulness and self-esteem.