Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between psychological needs and global personality domains (GPDs). Two hundred fifteen (215) college students were tested for Cattell’s (1992) 16 Personality Factors (16 PF) and Elnar’s (2015) Scale of Filipino Student’s Needs (SFSN-C). Although the main results indicate an average level across all dimensions of GPDs and needs, it was found that GPDs are not correlates of students’ psychological needs. However, the need for spiritual enrichment shows a significant negative correlation with student’s anxiety. This goes to show that when a person’s anxiety depletes, his or her need for spirituality increases, or vice versa. Path analysis likewise confirms the association of a student’s anxiety to their need for spiritual enrichment. Meanwhile, it is found that anxiety is the best pattern of conduction with the need for spiritual enrichment and to the rest of the psychological need dimensions. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Keywords: path model, student needs, global personality domains, anxiety, spirituality.
Title: Does Anxiety Fuels Spirituality? A Path Model in the Association between Student’s Needs and Global Personality Domains
Author: Ryan Dale B. Elnar, Irene L. Almacin, Azzileah R. Catacutan, Ana Grace R. Mondigo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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