Porównanie egzystencjalnych oraz religijno-duchowych aspektów funkcjonowania studentów i osób uzależnionych od alkoholu
Comparison of existential and religious-spiritual aspects of students' and alcohol addicts' functioning

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine whether students and alcoholics anonymous differ in several aspects of religiosity (religious orientation, strength of religious faith, frequency of prayer and frequency of church attendance, religious coping), frequency of spiritual experiences and meaning of life. An additional aim was to verify if there a relationship exists between religiosity, frequency of spiritual experiences and meaning of life. The sample consisted of 70 participants of Alcoholics Anonymous from Pozna_ and 53 students from Eugeniusz Piasecki University School of Physical Education in Pozna_. The following tools were used: Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, The Age-Universal I-E Scale, Religious Coping Scale, Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale, Purpose in Life Test, one-item scales regarding frequency of prayer and frequency of church attendance. In comparison to students, alcoholics anonymous had stronger religious faith, stronger intrinsic and personal extrinsic motivation, prayed and went to church more frequently. They were also characterized by more frequent using positive religious coping and reported more frequent contact with the transcendent reality. Among students, positive relationships between spiritual experiences and meaning of life, spiritual experiences and religiosity as well as frequency of prayer, extrinsic-social motivation and meaning of life were found.

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