Page No.119-125
Sreekumar, R
Sree Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala
The present study was an effort to explore the nature and pattern of relationship
of certain religious aspects, viz., religious beliefs, religious practices, and
spirituality with subjective well being. The sample of the study consist 350
subjects and the tools used were: i. Religious Beliefs Scale, ii. Religious
Practices Questionnaire, iii. Spirituality Scale, and iv. Subjective Well being
Inventory. Statistical techniques such as correlation and path analysis were
used for the analysis of data. The results reveal that all the three factors of
religious beliefs, religious practices, and spirituality have significant positive
correlations with subjective well being. Path analysis yielded a path model and
also gave the estimates of the direct, indirect, and total effects of religious
beliefs, practices, and spirituality on subjective well being. Spirituality has largest
overall effect on subjective well being and the effect of religious beliefs could be
interpreted meaningfully considering the intervening variables, i.e., religious
practices and spirituality.