The quality of life, meaning in life, positive orientation to life and gratitude of Catholic seminarians in Poland: A comparative analysis

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Archive for the Psychology of Religion-Archiv Fur Religionspsychologie Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI:10.1177/0084672420983488

Jacek Prusak, Krzysztof Kwapis, B. Pilecka, Agnieszka Chemperek, Agnieszka Krawczyk, M. Jabłoński, K. Nowakowski

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Abstract

The aim of the article is to examine differences in the quality of life (the psychophysical, psychosocial, personal, and metaphysical spheres) as well as gratitude, meaning in life and positive orientation to life between diocesan and religious seminarians and secular students. The influence of religiosity on quality of life and subjective well-being is the subject of numerous studies, but seminarians (i.e. people preparing to be priests) have rarely been included in them. The present research was carried out for the first time with a group of diocesan and religious seminarians in Poland and secular students. The study involved 296 participants—98 diocesan seminarians, 96 religious seminarians and 102 secular students in the control group. Results showed significant differences in the quality of life. Religious and diocesan seminarians scored higher than the control group members in the psychophysical, personal, psychosocial and metaphysical spheres. In addition, in terms of gratitude, and the presence of meaning in life, religious and diocesan seminarians achieved higher scores than the control group but lower scores in searching for the meaning in life. There were no significant differences between diocesan and religious seminarians except that only diocesan seminarians obtained significantly higher scores on positive orientation to life than the control group. Overall, results support the idea that seminarians have higher quality of life and subjective well-being than secular students. Research implications are discussed.

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波兰天主教修生的生活品质、生活意义、积极的生活取向与感恩:比较分析

这篇文章的目的是检查生活质量的差异(心理、生理、心理、个人和形而上学领域)，以及感恩、生活意义和积极的生活取向在教区和宗教神学院学生和世俗学生之间。宗教信仰对生活质量和主观幸福感的影响是许多研究的主题，但神学院学生(即准备成为牧师的人)很少被纳入其中。目前的研究是第一次在波兰的一组教区和宗教修生以及世俗学生中进行的。这项研究涉及296名参与者——98名教区神学院学生，96名宗教神学院学生和102名世俗学生作为对照组。结果显示生活质量有显著差异。宗教和教区神学院的学生在心理物理、个人、社会心理和形而上学领域的得分高于对照组成员。此外，在感恩和生活意义的存在方面，宗教和教区神学院的学生比对照组得分更高，但在寻找生活意义方面得分较低。除了只有教区修生在积极生活取向上的得分显著高于对照组外，教区修生与宗教修生之间无显著差异。总体而言，研究结果支持神学院学生的生活质量和主观幸福感高于世俗学生的观点。讨论了研究意义。

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期刊介绍： The international, peer-reviewed journal Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is the oldest periodical that publishes research in the psychology of religion. It is the organ of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), founded in 1914. The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is open to all scientific methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative.