Relationship between spiritual beliefs and perseverative thinking among young adults

Abstract

Contexts: A number of different psychological disorders have been found to be related to the heightened levels of repetitive negative thinking, mind wandering, depression and low spiritual beliefs. Aims: The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationship between spiritual belief, perseverative thinking, mind wandering and depression in the young adults of differnt colleges of Manipur. Settings and Design: The cross sectional design study consist of sample 438students (Male=215 and Female=223) recruited from Manipur, India. Their age ranged from 18 to 35 years with a mean age of 20.36 years (SD= 2.36). Methods and Material: The Assessment packets includes questionnaire such as demographic details, Short Depression – Happiness Scale (SDHS), Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ), Mind Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) and Spiritual Beliefs and Values Scale. Results: The data analysis has shown that spiritual beliefs were significant and negatively correlated with perseverative thinking (r = -0.45) and mind wandering (r = -0.30) respectively and positively correlated with happiness (r = 0.26). Conclusions: These results suggest that higher level of spirituality beliefs is associated with lower level of mind wandering and perseverative thinking. Further a positive relation with happiness .