A Causal-Comparative Study of Religious Activities and Psycho-Spiritual Wellbeing of Senior Secondary School Students of Marist Comprehensive Academy and Uturu Secondary School, Abia State, Nigeria

Anthony Okoye, Joyzy Pius Egunjobi and Vincent Kouassi
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Anthony Okoye: Psycho-Spiritual Institute of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Marist International University College, Nairobi, Kenya
Joyzy Pius Egunjobi: Psycho-Spiritual Institute of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Marist International University College, Nairobi, Kenya
Vincent Kouassi: Psycho-Spiritual Institute of Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Marist International University College, Nairobi, Kenya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 5, 363-374

Abstract: There have been a good number of research studies linking religious beliefs and practices to wellbeing. These studies, in a way, allude to human beings longing to have a transcendental experience as part of their nature given that religion is not epiphenomena. This explains why religious beliefs and practices are a global phenomenon. The enigma is still not adequately tackled as to the relationship and the extent to which religious activities influence wellbeing. Thus, this study hypothesized that there is no significant difference between the psycho-spiritual wellbeing of a private school, Marist Comprehensive Academy (MCA) and a public one, Uturu Secondary School (USS) with regards to religious activities. Using a casual-comparative (retrospective type) design, a structured online survey questionnaire was developed using the standardized scales of Viejo et al (2018) – Brief Psychological Wellbeing Scale for Adolescents (BSPWB-A), and Fisher (2010) – Spiritual Health and Life Orientation Measure (SHALOM). A sample size of 193 respondents (79 boys and 114 girls), senior secondary (II & III) students of MCA and USS participated in the study. The data collected were computed, analyzed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistic measures in tables and frequencies. Findings confirmed the hypothesis that there was no significant difference between the psycho-spiritual wellbeing of the students of MCA and those of USS with respect to religious activities (at p = 0.01). Although MCA students showed more effects in their psycho-spiritual wellbeing when compared to USS students, the chi-square result indicated that both variables are independent of each other.

Date: 2023
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