PREFERENCJA WARTOŚCI OSTATECZNYCH A PRZEŻYCIA RELIGIJNE MŁODZIEŻY STUDIUJĄCEJ
PREFERRED ULTIMATE VALUES AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: The author is interested in the issues of religiousness and values among youth at university level. He tried to answer the following questions: Does gender and the discipline studied affect religious experiences? Does gender affect the choice of preferred ultimate values? Which of the accepted ultimate values (independent variables), and in what degree and order, are responsible for the variability of religious experiences among genders studying different disciplines? The research was carried out in 2002. It encompassed 139 students aged 22-25 who declared themselves religious and having had a religious experience. In the research the following surveying tools were used: The Rokeach Values Survey, the Scale of the Effects of a Religious Experience - created by the author, and the multi-step regression analysis. Females studying philosophy were most highly aware of the consequences that God's presence has in their lives; the lowest awareness showed male students of the trade school. Female students of the trade school had strong feelings during God's absence; this also was experienced by males from that same school but less frequently. Males value: peace in the world - one that is free of conflict; respect for each other - which is related to self-respect; care about one's salvation. Females value: wisdom - mature understanding of the world; personal freedom; a measure of independence; a comfortable and adequate lifestyle. Undoubtedly, the care about one's salvation is a value that has the fundamental effect on the awareness of religious experiences - God's presence or absence.

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