The well-being correlates of religious commitment amongst South African and Kenyan students

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-09-30 DOI:10.1177/00812463231199960

Itumeleng P Khumalo, Sahaya G Selvam, Angelina Wilson Fadiji

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Abstract

Religious commitment is a prominent feature in the lives of many students in Africa. The present study investigated the well-being correlates (emotional well-being, social contribution, and depression) of religious commitment, and compared them across sex. A cross-sectional sample of 471 students from South Africa and Kenya (men = 244; women = 227; with an average age of 22.8 years) completed the Religious Commitment Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire, Social Well-being Scale, and Mental Health Continuum Short-Form. Structural equation modelling in Mplus was used to estimate direct effects of religious commitment on emotional well-being, social contribution and depression, and comparison across sex. The results showed significant direct effects, attesting to the association of religious commitment with higher emotional well-being and social contribution, and lower depression, with no significant sex differences. In addition to insight into positive and negative intra- and interpersonal well-being correlates of religious commitment, the absence of sex differences shows uniformity in how religious commitment is related to well-being for male and female students.

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在南非和肯尼亚学生中，幸福感与宗教信仰相关

宗教信仰是许多非洲学生生活中的一个突出特点。本研究对宗教信仰的幸福感相关因素(情绪幸福感、社会贡献和抑郁感)进行了调查，并进行了性别间的比较。来自南非和肯尼亚的471名学生的横断面样本(男性= 244;女性= 227;平均年龄22.8岁)完成了宗教承诺量表、患者健康问卷、社会幸福感量表和心理健康连续量表。采用Mplus的结构方程模型来估计宗教信仰对情绪幸福感、社会贡献和抑郁的直接影响，并进行跨性别比较。结果显示了显著的直接影响，证明了宗教信仰与更高的情感幸福感和社会贡献，以及更低的抑郁之间的联系，没有显著的性别差异。除了深入了解宗教承诺与内部和人际幸福感之间的积极和消极关系外，性别差异的缺失表明，宗教承诺与男女学生幸福感之间的关系是一致的。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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