Abstract
Objective: to demonstrate the relations among vulnerability, self-transcendence and well-being in the young adult population and the effect of each of these variables on the adoption of low-risk consumption conducts. Method: quantitative and cross-sectional correlation study using structural equations analysis to test the relation among the variables. Results: an inverse relation was evidenced between vulnerability to alcohol consumption and spiritual transcendence (β-0.123, p 0.025) and a direct positive relation between spiritual transcendence and psychosocial well-being (β 0.482, p 0.000). Conclusions: the relations among the variables spiritual transcendence, vulnerability to alcohol consumption and psychosocial well-being, based on Reed's Theory, are confirmed in the population group of young college students, concluding that psychosocial well-being can be achieved when spiritual transcendence is enhanced, as the vulnerability to alcohol consumption drops.
Highlights
This paper is part of the Doctoral dissertation Selftranscendence, spirituality and well-being in college students not consuming and moderately consuming alcohol: Contributions to health promotion, in which the need was raised to determine the relations among the variables spirituality, self-transcendence and wellbeing and low-risk consumption patterns, evidenced by the alcohol consumption levels of young college students in a particular phase of life called “emerging adulthood”, based on Reed’s theoretical proposal of selftranscendence[1]
The following tools were used in the study: the Self Transcendence Scale (STS) designed by Reed[16] to measure how people expand their personal limits in different ways; the tool consists of 15 items assessed on a four-point Likert scale
The reliability (0.69, 0.50) and extracted variance (0.53, 032) of the latent variables was established and the results reveal that both constructs are constituted appropriately, the spiritual transcendence being more solid
Summary
This paper is part of the Doctoral dissertation Selftranscendence, spirituality and well-being in college students not consuming and moderately consuming alcohol: Contributions to health promotion, in which the need was raised to determine the relations among the variables spirituality, self-transcendence and wellbeing and low-risk consumption patterns, evidenced by the alcohol consumption levels of young college students in a particular phase of life called “emerging adulthood”, based on Reed’s theoretical proposal of selftranscendence[1]. Emerging adulthood is a development phase that includes the period from 18 till 25 years and is characterized by the exploration of one’s identity, instability regarding the position in life, self-centeredness and having a large number of possibilities and projects in life[2], corresponding to young adult college students in this study. The theory expresses that the self-conceptual limits are related to well-being. Self-transcendence is direct and positively related with well-being[5]
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