The Impact of Coping Strategies and Spirituality on Psychological Well-Being in Young Adults in Bhopal

Abstract

This study examined the relationships between coping strategies, spirituality, and psychological well-being among young adults in the city of Bhopal. Findings revealed significant positive correlations between problem-focused coping and psychological well-being (r = 0.212, p < 0.05), and between spirituality and psychological well-being (r = 0.411, p < 0.001). Spirituality partially mediated the relationship between problem-focused coping and psychological well-being, it accounted for 37% of the total effect (indirect effect = 0.1355, p = 0.015). Avoidant coping was found to be negatively correlated with psychological well-being (r = -0.358, p < 0.001), while emotion-focused coping showed no significant relationship. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted which found out that adding spirituality as a predictor significantly improved the model’s fit for predicting psychological well-being (ΔR² = 0.203, p < 0.001). Gender differences were observed in the subscale autonomy of the Psychological well-being, with females scoring lower than males.