Investigation of character strengths of self-regulation and purpose in life among Catholic Consecrated men in Initial Formation within Archdiocese of Nairobi- Kenya
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2020
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This study was undertaken to investigate the importance of virtues and character strength, more specifically, self-regulation and purpose in life and their relationship, to better understand the importance of virtues and character strengths in relation to mental health, psychological well-being and satisfaction with life. Positive psychologists approach posit that virtues and character strengths are the bedrock of flourishing individuals and optimally functioning institutions and society at large. Studies are unearthing the significance of virtues and character strengths in promoting human psychological and social well-being. This study was undertaken to investigate character strengths of self-regulation and purpose in life among Catholic consecrated men in Initial Formation and the correlation between the two variables. It was a quantitative design of cross-sectional approach with the theoretical framework grounded on social cognitive theory and it used randomized sampling technique. The scales used were standardized Self-Control Scale (SCS) and Purpose in Life test (PIL). The sample size of the study was N= 279 and the population was Catholic consecrated men in Initial Formation. The location of the study was the Archdiocese of Nairobi- Kenya. The data analyses included descriptive, inferential, pearson’s correlation, regression and one way ANOVA. The findings indicated that 95% of Catholic consecrated men in Initial Formation had high strength of self-regulation and 97.1% had high strength of purpose in life. In addition, the pearson’s correlation indicated a positive statistical significance of correlation between self-regulation and purpose in life (r= .276, p ˂ .000, N= 279). However, the results showed that demographic variables had no statistical significance with variables of the study. Nonetheless, the study shown that the character strengths of self-regulation and purpose in life are significant aspects of consecrated life.
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character strengths, self-regulation, Initial Formation