ERIC Number: EJ1394466
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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ISSN: ISSN-1361 7672
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Contributions of Service Learning to the Development of University Students' Spiritual Well-Being and Psychological Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Pong, Hok-Ko
Journal of Beliefs & Values, v44 n3 p379-396 2023
In this study, the impacts of service learning (SL) on the spiritual well-being and psychological health of Chinese university students in Hong Kong are determined. The SL programme is a six-month, credit-bearing programme (not less than 80 working hours). The study adopted a pre-test-post-test quasi-experimental design, wherein students enrolled in SL comprised the experimental group (n = 132; 59 male, 73 female), and those who were not enrolled in SL comprised the control group (n = 128; 55 male, 73 female). The students completed the spiritual well-being questionnaire (SWBQ) to evaluate the status of their spiritual well-being (including the personal and communal, environmental, and transcendental domains), and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was used to assess their emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress before and after the SL programme. At pre-test, no significant differences were observed between the two groups in SWBQ and DASS-21 scores. Findings indicated that students in the experimental group had greater increases in spiritual well-being in personal and communal, environmental and transcendental domains and decreases in stress, anxiety and depression than those in the control group at the end of the SL programme.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Stress Variables, Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Spiritual Development, Undergraduate Students, Comparative Analysis, Scores, Religion, Metacognition, Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Hong Kong
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