Spiritual Well-Being among College Students: Study in Java Province-Indonesia and Hangzhou Province-China

Abstract

This study aims to determine to compare spiritual well-being among college students in Indonesia and China. This Study conducts a quantitative approach and performed in Java Province (Yogyakarta City and Surabaya City), Indonesia and Hangzhou Province, China. The subjects in this study are 50 Indonesian students and 50 Chinese students. Measurement of spiritual well-being used The Spiritual Well-being Scale (SWBS) by Darvyri et al. (2014)This study used an independent sample test to compare spiritual well-being among college students in both countries Indonesia and China. The results were consistent with the study hypotheses, indicate that there is different spiritual well-being among college students in Indonesia and China. It is shown from the value of t = 13.52 with the significance of p = 0.00. The spiritual well-being of Indonesian students is higher than in Chinese students. From the results, it can be concluded that there is a different level of spiritual well-being among Indonesian students and China students, this study identified both countries have a big difference related belief in life.