Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Graham, Steven

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

The current study investigated the use of the spiritual circle as the basis for a college-community-based spiritual wellness program, specifically by examining the influence participation in a semester-length circle-based academic tutorial had on members’ spiritual well-being, quality of life, sense of community, and anxiety. Members of this tutorial (SW group) completed baseline (N=15) and follow-up (N=10) survey questionnaires containing these four psychological scales. For the purposes of comparison, two control groups consisting of members of a different academic tutorial (NVC group; follow-up N=7) and students not enrolled in either tutorial (control group; baseline N=43, follow-up N=67) who responded to the baseline and follow-up surveys were also included in the study. The hypotheses were that 1) baseline measures of spiritual well-being, quality of life, sense of community, and anxiety would be similar between the SW group and the control group, 2) baseline and follow-up measures of spiritual well-being, quality of life, sense of community, and anxiety would be similar within the control group, 3) follow-up measures of spiritual well-being, quality of life, and sense of community would be higher and anxiety would be lower than baseline measures within the SW group, and 4) the NVC group’s scores on the survey measures would fall between follow-up scores obtained from the SW group and the control group.

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