Given continued challenges of college transition and recent changes (e.g., COVID) leading to increased use of college counseling services and past studies exploring spiritualty/religion and resilience pertaining to psychological well-being (PWB), this study explored the relationship between spirituality, resilience, and PWB in college students. Three scales, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Daily Spiritual Experience Scale, and the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale, were used to measure the relationship between spirituality, resilience, and PWB. Results of this study showed support for the relationship between spirituality, resilience, and PWB in college students. Results also lend support for future research exploring therapeutic incorporation of spirituality and religion to promote resilience and PWB in college students. This study confirmed the association among spirituality/religion, resilience, and PWB though the exact relationship among variables is still unknown. Results confirm previous literature supporting spirituality contributes to higher well-being in the young adult population. Spirituality integration should enhance well-being and resilience in clinical and non-clinical populations, be part of training programs, be valued in clinical settings, especially college counseling, and is directly tied to the ethical expectations of professional helpers.
Snow et al. (Thu,) studied this question.