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Spirituality Among a Predominately African American College Student Population
American Journal of Health Studies (2005)
  • Dixie L Dennis
  • Terence Hicks
  • Priya Banerjee
  • Brent G Dennis
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of spirituality among 430 predominately African American undergraduate students who completed the 48-item Life Attitude Profile-Revised (LAP-R). T-tests revealed that these students had a higher spirituality score than their predominately White counterparts who recently completed the LAP-R. Unlike the White students, no significant gender differences were found among specific spiritual indices. If these students use their moderately high degree of spirituality to influence health-related behaviors, the high rates of morbidity and mortality common among African American adults may lessen.

Keywords
  • Spirituality,
  • Morbidity and Mortality,
  • African Americans
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 1, 2005
Citation Information
Dixie L Dennis, Terence Hicks, Priya Banerjee and Brent G Dennis. "Spirituality Among a Predominately African American College Student Population" American Journal of Health Studies (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/terence_hicks/11/