Religious Practices, Age and Gender as Determinants of Psychological Well-Being

Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of religious practices on psychological well-being. For this purpose psychological well-being was measured with the help of psychological well-being scale constructed by Prof S.N Rai & Mrs. Deepika Gupta (Hindi Adaptation of Ruff's psychological well-being scale). The sample consisted of 240 subjects. A 3×2×2 factorial design was used. There were three independent variables. The first independent variable was religious practices varied at three levels i.e. at home, in any institution and no religious practices. The second independent variable was age varied at two levels i.e. 25 to 35 years and 45 to 55 years. The third independent variable was gender also varied at two levels i.e. male and female. Three way ANOVA, Mean and Newman Keul's multiple comparison test was applied for analyzing the data. On the basis of obtained results it was found that religious practices and age have significant effect on psychological well-being whereas gender has no significant effect on psychological well-being.