682 Spirituality: Assessment and Attitudes

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
Convention Center: Room 25ABC
AAHE/Implement Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: F. Travis Esslinger, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Session attendees will learn 1) results of religiosity/spirituality and attitudes toward sexual permissiveness and 2) classroom ideas for increasing students’ spirituality/religiosity to decrease their sexual permissiveness attitudes and behaviors, and 3) spiritual beliefs that indicate respondents were generally more skeptical of spiritual issues, while having more respect for diverse spiritual beliefs. Respondents rated significantly lower in the areas of physical/emotional health and spirituality, while rating higher on respectfulness, desire for achievement, and for financial success.
College Students’ Religiosity/Spirituality: The Effect on Sexual Permissive Attitudes
Dixie L. Dennis, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN and Susan M. Muller, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Spirituality: A 5-Year Follow-Up Assessment of College Juniors
Richard E. Cavanaugh, Barbara A. Walker and Misty L. Rhoads, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL