Research Article
Spiritual Well-Being among Medical and Nonmedical Science Students
Table 3
Scores of spiritual well-being regarding demographic variables of students.
| Variable | Spiritual well-being (total sample) | Statistical test and value | Spiritual well-being (nonmedical science students) | Statistical test & value | Spiritual well-being (medical science students) | Statistical test and value | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Educational year | First | 84.03 | 15.45 | H = 13.36 | 89.51 | 16.10 | F = 1.14 | 77.53 | 11.76 | H = 24.29 | Second | 85.19 | 16.02 | 91.61 | 16.37 | 79.39 | 13.32 | Third | 90.44 | 18.52 | 91.67 | 18.02 | 89.37 | 19.02 | Forth | 87.22 | 17.71 | 86.52 | 18.55 | 87.87 | 17.16 | Fifth and upper | 82.44 | 14.76 | 85.32 | 16.47 | 79.56 | 12.50 | Sex | Female | 86.85 | 15.86 | t = 2.43 | 92.52 | 15.22 | t = 3.48 | 82.21 | 14.87 | t = 1.18 | Male | 83.42 | 17.74 | | 85.80 | 18.46 | | 79.91 | 16.10 | | Marital status | Single | 85.39 | 16.72 | t = −1.37 | 89.40 | 17.22 | t = −1.22 | 81.38 | 15.21 | t = −0.83 | Married | 88.13 | 15.21 | | 92.97 | 13.70 | | 83.52 | 15.29 | | Occupation | Unemployed | 85.53 | 16.73 | t = −1.48 | 89.41 | 17.22 | Z = −1.13 | 81.56 | 15.26 | t = −0.93 | Employed | 88.57 | 14.85 | | 92.95 | 12.96 | | 84.08 | 15.49 | | Living with both parents | Yes | 85.74 | 16.72 | t = 0.45 | 89.85 | 16.49 | t = 0.45 | 81.67 | 15.49 | Z = −0.24 | No | 84.64 | 13.71 | | 88.40 | 15.46 | | 79.0 | 7.99 | | Living place | Student dormitory | 84.55 | 16.64 | F = 1.70
| 90.83 | 16.89 | F = 0.30
| 81.02 | 15.45 | F = 1.30
| Rented house | 86.18 | 20.28 | 90.35 | 21.54 | 77.85 | 14.92 | Resident of Kerman | 15.86 | 0.10 | 89.24 | 16.18 | 83.52 | 14.69 |
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t = independent t-test, F = analysis of variance, Z = Mann–Whitney U test, H = Kruskal–Wallis.
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