Investigation of university students' identity types and spiritual well-being levels

Bunyamin Cetinkaya

African Educational Research Journal
Published: October 26 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 2
Pages S196-S210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S2.20.048

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate university students' identity types and spiritual well-being levels in terms of a range of variables. 298 students from various university departments participated in the study. Identity Scale, Spiritual well-being Scale and Personal Information Form were used in the study. This study was a descriptive study based on survey model. The study data was subjected to normality tests and analyzed according to the results on the tests. Mann Whitney U Test, Kruskal Wallis H Test and Spearman rho correlation coefficient technique were used to analyze the data. As a result of the study, the students’ identity types significantly varied by gender and year of study variables. The students' spiritual well-being levels significantly varied by gender, year of study, field of study, and paternal education level. There was a low positive correlation between identity types score and spiritual well-being score.

Keywords: Spiritual well-being, personal identity, social identity, collective identity.

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