Journal article
Spirituality Among College Freshmen: Relationships to Self‐Esteem, Body Image, and Stress
Counseling and values, Vol.52(1), pp.55-70
10/2007
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2007.tb00087.x
Abstract
The authors investigated the relationships between spirituality, body image, self‐esteem, and stress in 204 college freshmen who identified themselves as being highly spiritual. A positive relationship was found between spirituality and self‐esteem. Although self‐esteem was found to be negatively related to stress, spirituality served as a buffer in this relationship. When gender of participants was examined, men and women did not differ in spirituality. Greater spirituality was related to lower body surveillance, an aspect of body image, for men, but it was not related to body image for women. Overall, however, women experienced greater body image dissatisfaction than did men.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Spirituality Among College Freshmen: Relationships to Self‐Esteem, Body Image, and Stress
- Creators
- Jessie Wetherbe HaymanSharon Robinson KurpiusChristy BefortMegan Foley NicponElva Hull‐BlanksSonja SollenbergerLaura Huser
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Counseling and values, Vol.52(1), pp.55-70
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2007.tb00087.x
- ISSN
- 0160-7960
- eISSN
- 2161-007X
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2007
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9983993322602771
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