Relationship between Prayer Type and Subjective Well-Being Among Students in Faith-Based Secondary Schools in Kiminini Sub County, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate how prayer type relate with subjective well-being among secondary school students in Kiminini Sub County, Kenya. The research was directed through specific goals: to examine the level of prayer among students, to examine the level of subjective well-being among students, to investigate the relationship between demographic characteristics and subjective well-being of students, and finally, to discover the relationship between prayer type and subjective well-being among students in faith-based secondary schools in Kiminini. The study used a correlational research design and a quantitative technique for data collection and analysis. The data was obtained by use of standardized tools. The study targeted 27 faith-based secondary schools within Kiminini Sub-County with a total population of 14,606. Male and female students from the research region were included in the sampling group. To get 401 participants for the study, the researcher used a cross-sectional survey design with stratified proportional sampling. SPSS-23 was used to analyze the data, which included descriptive and inferential statistics. To demonstrate the relationship between prayer type and subjective well-being factors, the Religious/Coping Theory and the Life Circumstance Theory were employed. The study's findings demonstrated a high level of prayer at 61.8% (n = 248), high level of SWB at 68.3% (n = 274 and a significant relationship between prayer type and subjective well-being (r = 328, p = .000) among Kiminini secondary school students. The study recommended that teachers, religious leaders and counselors support students to strengthen their prayer life in order to raise their SWB.