Study on a Christian Chinese sample: sense of self-worth, well-being and locus of control

The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese Christians’ sense of self-worth, well-being, locus of control and the correlations between these variables. One hundred and two Chinese Christians with a range of 18-40 years old were surveyed by the Scale of Self-worth, Chinese version of General Wel...

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Authors: Wu, Fei (Author) ; Gong, Qin (Author) ; Dai, Yanqing (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 239-245
Further subjects:B general well-being
B Christians
B Locus of control
B sense of self-worth
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese Christians’ sense of self-worth, well-being, locus of control and the correlations between these variables. One hundred and two Chinese Christians with a range of 18-40 years old were surveyed by the Scale of Self-worth, Chinese version of General Well-Being Scale and internal-external Locus of Control Scale. A control group of 134 Chinese non-Christians participated in the same survey. Christians scored lower on locus of control and higher on self-worth than the non-Christians. No significant general well-being difference was between the Christian and non-Christian samples. The correlations were significant between locus of control and self-worth/general well-being (negative) and between self-worth and general well-being (positive). Results suggest that Christians experience better self-worth and tend to be internals on locus of control.
ISSN:1469-9737
Contains:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2017.1338680