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

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 reli...

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VerfasserInnen: Prusak, Jacek (VerfasserIn) ; Kwapis, Krzysztof (VerfasserIn) ; Pilecka, Barbara (VerfasserIn) ; Chemperek, Agnieszka (VerfasserIn) ; Krawczyk, Agnieszka (VerfasserIn) ; Jabłoński, Marcin (VerfasserIn) ; Nowakowski, Krzysztof (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: SAGE Publishing 2021
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 43, Heft: 1, Seiten: 78-94
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Polen / Katholizismus / Priesterseminar / Alumne / Lebensqualität / Lebenssinn
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
KBK Osteuropa
KDB Katholische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Gratitude
B the quality of life
B positive orientation to life
B Catholic seminarians
B Meaning
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1573-6121
Enthält:Enthalten in: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0084672420983488