Religious Orientation and Subjective Well-being: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life

Sukkyung You; Sun Ah Lim

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Religious Orientation and Subjective Well-being: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life

Sukkyung You^*
, Sun Ah Lim

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Education

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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Abstract

The present study concerns the relationship between religious orientation, meaning in life, and subjective well-being, as well as the mediating influence of meaning in life on the relationship between religious orientation and subjective well-being. Gender differences in this relationship are also examined. The subjects of the study were 579 university students (33.5% male; M_age = 21.98, SD_age = 4.33). Intrinsic religious orientation was found to be a significant predictor of subjective well-being via meaning in life in both the male and female groups. Furthermore, extrinsic religious orientation was found to be a significant predictor of subjective well-being via meaning in life in the female group only.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-47
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Psychology and Theology
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0091647118795180
State	Published - 2019.03.1

Keywords

extrinsic religious orientation
intrinsic religious orientation
meaning in life
religious orientation
subjective well-being

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Psychology
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies

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