Spirituality Determined by Will and Joy Plays a Part in Salutogenesis

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate a conceptual model of an individual's mature spirituality using the terms, Will, Joy and Sense, with relation to SOC (sense of coherence) which is related to Salutogenesis. Methods: A multi-site, cross-sectional survey was conducted among university students in the Tokyo metropolitan area (n=201,m=98,f=103,Age 20.4±1.70 years old). The SBAS-TEST and the scale of SOC were administered. The SBAS-TEST is an originally developed spirituality scale which was made after the result of the exploratory factor analysis on Psychosynthesis Questionnaire. The instrument reliability of the SBAS-TEST was confirmed. The three domains of spirituality (Will, Joy, Sense) construct the SBAS-TEST. Will is a trait to decide and conduct to select a positive direction. Will works according to the fulfillment of the individual's maximum function not only for himself but at the same time also for the others and for the whole surroundings and the community. Joy is not subjective happiness but the joyful and thankful attitude spontaneously emerged from within independently from outside events. Sense is explained as the sensitivity for the non local consciousness which may be called God, something great, universe, cosmos, oneness etc. The correlations between the two scales and the correlations among the subdomains of the scales (Will, Joy and Sense in SBAS-TEST; Manageability, Comprehensibility and Meaningfulness in SOC) were calculated. Based on the result, a model of the spirituality which plays a part in Salutogenesis was constructed. Results: SBAS-TEST (spirituality) showed the significant correlations with SOC (r=0.47, p