Spiritual Health and Religious Practices as Correlates to the Quality of Life amongst Faculty and Staff

Abstract

Quality of Life (QOL) is the individual’s highly subjective discernment of his position in life
in relation to his goals, expectations, and standards. Literatures have consistently reported
evidences of association between spirituality and quality of life. But despite the increasing
number of studies, only few explore the role of spiritual health and religious practices in the
quality of life of faculty and staff of educational institutions. Thus, this descriptivecorrelational study determined the relationship between the spiritual health and religious
practices of the respondents and their quality of life. Quality of Life (QOL) is the individual’s
highly subjective discernment of his position in life in relation to his goals, expectations, and
standards. Literatures have consistently reported evidences of association between spirituality
and quality of life. But despite the increasing number of studies, only few explore the role of
spiritual health and religious practices in the quality of life of faculty and staff of educational
institutions. Thus, this descriptive-correlational study determined the relationship between the
spiritual health and religious practices of the respondents and their quality of life. The study
revealed high levels of spiritual health, religious practices and quality of life of the respondents.
Both spiritual health and religious practices were significantly related to the quality of life.
Furthermore, married respondents and the teaching faculty had higher level of quality of life
compared to those who are unmarried and non-teaching. Lastly, spiritual health is the highest
predictor of the quality of life. This study endeavors to help create an environment that would
enhance the spiritual health and therefore, the quality of life of the faculty and staff