Religious Attitudes and Spiritual Well-Being: A Literature Review about Statistical and Contemporary Implications to University Students

Seminary Room S215

Introduction and Problem: The influence of religious attitudes on health is a phenomenon resulting from factors such as lifestyle, social support, belief system, religious practices, ways of expressing stress, direction, and spiritual guidance. The purpose of this project is to verify through Literature Review academic works that have a statistical correlation between the variables of Religious Attitudes and Spiritual Well-Being. In addition, there is a discussion about the implications between university students, analyzing how faith, and religious attitudes, such as prayer, frequency to church, and reading the Bible, can significantly and positively affect well-being in spiritual and existential areas. The research method for this project is a literature review through databases including Proquest, Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), Sage Publications, @digitalcommon (Andrews University), and Dissertations and Theses. Further, articles and books use Google Scholar and James White Interlibrary Loan Service. Results: Research shows interaction and statistical regression between these two variables in the context of university students. Faith and health have a positive correlation in this environment.