KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS SPIRITUAL LIFE SKILLS
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2021
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AAU, Jorhat
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The present research study entitled “Knowledge, attitude and practice of students of towards Spiritual Life Skills” was carried out in main campus of Assam Agricultural University, which is situated in the Jorhat district of Assam. The objectives of the study were: i) to study the preliminary information of the respondents ii) to measure the knowledge of the respondents about spiritual life skills iii) to find out the attitude of the respondents towards spiritual life skills and iv) to find out the practice of spiritual life skills among the respondents. A total of 126 students pursuing Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were selected as respondents from College of Agriculture and College of Community Science using Stratified Random Sampling technique. Knowledge Scale for measuring the knowledge of the respondents on Spiritual Life Skills and an Attitude Scale for measuring the attitude of the respondents towards Spiritual Life Skills were constructed by using item analysis, validity test and reliability test. In order to find out the practice of Spiritual Life Skills among the respondents, a questionnaire was developed based on the constructed and standardized Knowledge Scale. Data were collected by using the constructed questionnaire and analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques viz., frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, z test, Chi-square test, Phi Cramer’s V test and Pearson’s correlation analysis. The data revealed that 65.00 per cent were female and 35.00 per cent were male. 49.20 per cent of the respondents possessed open personality, 94.45 per cent of the respondents have an optimistic type of thinking. 69.06 per cent of the respondents preferred friendship of good and 76.98 per cent maintained a positive relationship with their sibling. The data further revealed that majority (51.67%) of the respondents have moderate knowledge level on spiritual life skills, similarly majority (62.50%) of the respondents belonged to the moderate category of practice level of spiritual life skills. 61.11 per cent, which is the majority of the respondents were found to have a favorable attitude towards spiritual life skills. Independent variables: ‘age’ of the respondents was found to be positively correlated with dependent variable ‘knowledge’ of the respondents but was not correlated to ‘attitude’ and ‘practice’ of the respondents. Higher the age of the respondents, higher was the knowledge of respondents on spiritual life skills. Positive correlation was also found between dependent variables: knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice and attitude and practice of the respondents. The independent variables: ‘sex’, ‘religious belief’, ‘spiritual belief’, ‘personality of the respondents’ and ‘meditating habit of the respondents’ were found to be significantly associated with dependent variable ‘knowledge’ at 5% significance level. The independent variables: ‘type of thinking’ and ‘sibling relationship’ was found to be associated with dependent variable ‘attitude’ at 5% significance level. Again, the independent variables: ‘type of thinking’, ‘sibling relationship’, ‘curiosity to learn spiritual life skill’ and ‘family spiritual belief’ were found to be associated with ‘practice’ of spiritual life skills among the respondents at 5% level of significance. The study gives a thorough overview on knowledge, attitude and practice of the respondents towards spiritual life skills. Future research can be conducted to study the impact of spirituality on college students.