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Role of Psychological Capital and Spiritual Transcendence in Quality of Life Among Social Workers


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1 Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
2 Jagan Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Psychology, Jaima Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
     

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Certain professions are demanding and often the cause of stress among the professionals. One such profession is social work. Social workers being in a challenging role, provide help and support to improve outcomes in people’s lives. It is not easy for social workers to deal with job related stress. Despite challenging and stressful work life, they opt to be in this profession. Present study is an attempt to find out some contributing factors for sustaining in stressful professions like this. Various studies have revealed that psychological capital and spiritual transcendence play an important role in adding value to one’s life. The aim of the present study was to find out the relationship between Psychological Capital, Spiritual Transcendence and Quality of Life. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 social workers, with minimum two years of experience working in NGO’s of Delhi. A correlation method was used with one group design. The tools administered were ASPIRES, PCQ and WHOQOL-BREF. The obtained data was used to analyze the results. All the variables were significantly related with each other. Psychological capital and spiritual transcendence came out as a significant predictor of quality of life in social workers. Hence they help to sustain in this profession with positivity.

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Spirituality, Spiritual Transcendence, Psychological Capital, Quality of Life.
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Authors

Samina Bano
Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Teena Wadhera
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi, India
Amika Sevak
Department of Psychology, Jaima Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Certain professions are demanding and often the cause of stress among the professionals. One such profession is social work. Social workers being in a challenging role, provide help and support to improve outcomes in people’s lives. It is not easy for social workers to deal with job related stress. Despite challenging and stressful work life, they opt to be in this profession. Present study is an attempt to find out some contributing factors for sustaining in stressful professions like this. Various studies have revealed that psychological capital and spiritual transcendence play an important role in adding value to one’s life. The aim of the present study was to find out the relationship between Psychological Capital, Spiritual Transcendence and Quality of Life. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 social workers, with minimum two years of experience working in NGO’s of Delhi. A correlation method was used with one group design. The tools administered were ASPIRES, PCQ and WHOQOL-BREF. The obtained data was used to analyze the results. All the variables were significantly related with each other. Psychological capital and spiritual transcendence came out as a significant predictor of quality of life in social workers. Hence they help to sustain in this profession with positivity.

Keywords


Spirituality, Spiritual Transcendence, Psychological Capital, Quality of Life.

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