Spiritual Perspective and Mental Health Status among Wellness Students at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

Abstract

Mental health is a condition that shows a person's awareness or ability to give something useful to others. Mental health problems in Malaysia are rising from year to year. Spiritual approach might contribute positively to the good mental health. Thus, this study aims to investigate the spiritual perspective and mental health status among wellness students at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. The study sample consists of 200 wellness students in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. The correlation between all variable were significant at p-value 0.000, which is p<0.001. Then the results show that the relationship between self-awareness, spiritual practice, spiritual needs and spiritual beliefs towards mental health status is very significant. In conclusion, the findings of this study prove that there is a relationship between self-awareness, spiritual practice, spiritual needs and spiritual beliefs.