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Abstract
ABSTRACT This study measures the spiritual health of young people in Greater Manchester at two points, 14 years apart, using the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM). This measure has 20 items that assess spiritual well-being, which is seen as the quality of relationships that each person has with themselves, others, the environment, and/or with God which match the four domains: personal, communal, environmental, and transcendental. The first sample consists of 763 young people from 2009, and the second sample consists of 726 young people from 2023, all attending the same school. Key findings indicate that spiritual health in the personal and communal domains has decreased, while it has increased in the environmental and transcendental domains. Additionally, the dissonance between ideal and actual spiritual health has decreased, signifying an overall improvement in spiritual wellbeing. These shifts are against the backdrop of significant changes for adolescents over the period, including the widespread use of smartphones and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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