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Spirituality: The Key between Life Satisfaction and Body Satisfaction

Explore the connection between body satisfaction, spirituality, and life satisfaction in college-aged women. Discover how personal spirituality can predict greater life satisfaction and help cope with stressors. The study examines the impact of body image, self-concept, and spiritual well-being on overall happiness and fulfillment. Findings suggest that spirituality plays a significant role in enhancing life satisfaction and potentially compensating for low body image concerns. Consider the implications of prioritizing spirituality in daily life for improved well-being.

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Spirituality: The Key between Life Satisfaction and Body Satisfaction

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  1. Spirituality: The Key between Life Satisfaction and Body Satisfaction Jennifer L. Faulkner & Sara E. Harding

  2. Life Satisfaction • An overall enjoyable life, which meets one’sneeds and wants and fulfills a high quality of existence. • Implies the satisfaction of individual factors

  3. Body Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction • Psychological issues related to eating and weight can affect global aspects of well-being (Greeno et al, 1998). • Entire sample of college-aged women report relationship between body satisfaction and self-concept(Webster & Tiggemann, 2001).

  4. Spirituality • “A state of being reflecting positive feelings, behaviors, and cognitions of relationships with oneself, others, the transcendent and nature, that in turn provide the individual with a sense of identity, wholeness, satisfaction, joy, contentment, beauty, love, respect, positive attitudes, inner peace and harmony, and purpose and direction in life.” –Gomez and Fisher, 2002

  5. Spirituality and Life Satisfaction • More spiritual life parallel to greater life satisfaction (Kinnier et al, 2001) • Personal spirituality reliably predicts greater satisfaction with life and helps college students cope with stressors (Fabricatore, 2000)

  6. Hypothesis

  7. Method Participants • 67 women from a liberal arts college • Ages range from 18-22 • 52 sorority members; 15 independents • Mostly Midwestern • 65 white; 2 Hispanic

  8. Instruments • Life Satisfaction Survey(Diener, 1993) Likert scale 1-7___ The conditions of my life are excellent.___ In most ways my life is close to my ideal.___ I am satisfied with my life.___ So far I have gotten the important things I want in life.___ If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing. • alpha = .7802

  9. Eating Disorders Inventory -subscale measuring body satisfaction (Vohs et al, 2000) • alpha = . 8238 • “I like the size of my hips.” Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never

  10. Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (Fisher, 1998) • alpha = .9008 • Examples: “Developing a personal relationship with God.” “Developing a connection with nature.”

  11. Results • Relationship between body satisfaction and life satisfaction: r = .291, p = .017 • Relationship between spirituality and life satisfaction: r = .399, p = .001 • No significant relationship between body satisfaction and spirituality.

  12. Analysis

  13. Main Effects • Spirituality: F = 4.55, df = 1, p = .039 • Body Satisfaction: F = 7.54, df = 1, p = .009 • No significant interaction between spirituality and body satisfaction.

  14. 2 x 2 ANOVA

  15. Main Effects

  16. Curious Findings • Relationship between year in college and life satisfaction: r = .326; p = .007

  17. Curious Findings • Relationship between body satisfaction and G.P.A.: r = .274; p = .025

  18. Discussion • Reviewing Research: - Body satisfaction is a component of life satisfaction. - Spirituality is also a component. • Can spirituality compensate for low body image? YES!

  19. Implications • If the effects of body satisfaction can be offset by spirituality, then the same may be true for other self-perceptions, and… • Perhaps we should strive to make spirituality a more important aspect of our daily lives.

  20. Future Research • Larger, more diverse sample • Test other self-perceptions and look for spirituality’s effects. • Is there really a link between body satisfaction and G.P.A.? If so, why? • Does age play a part in overall life satisfaction?

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