| Unseen Growth/Benefit | Persons who score high on this domain seek to fulfill their spiritual mission in life. They want to experience the sacredness of living things and unity with an ultimate reality. They try to infuse the spiritual dimension in their relationships and to manifest their divinity. |
| Unseen Defensive/Protective | Persons who score high on this domain seek to avoid fearful or painful aspects of the afterlife. |
| Ordinary Growth/Benefit | Persons who score high on this domain seek to obtain the benifits of spirituality in this life, such as happiness, fulfillment, peace of mind, and self-esteem. Spirituality enables them to find the strength to do what's right and to be better persons. |
| Ordinary Defensive/Protective | Persons who score high on this domain seek to avoid unpleasant feelings like fear, guilt, and confusion. They want to feel less helpless, less empty, and to avoid suffering. |
| Cal Poly SLO | SLO Community Groups | |||
| Number: | 181 | 40 | ||
| Age: | 21.9 (17-73) | 50.6 (18-82) | ||
| Employment: | 65.2% students | 33.3% retired 28.6% FT employed |
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| Ethnicity: | 72.9% white 12.2% Asian American |
69% white 22% Asian American |
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| Gender: | 56.4% female 42.5% male |
54.8% female 38.1% male |
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| Income: | 43.1% over $80,000 | 26.3% over $80,000 | ||
| Marital Status: | 93.9% never married | 57.1% married 26.2% never married |
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| Religious Affiliation: | 30% Unitatian 17.5% Other 12.5% Baptist |
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| 6.15 | 8.56 | |||
| Ordinary Defensive: | 3.36 | 3.56 | ||
| Ordinary Growth: | 4.53 | 5.01 | ||
| Unseen Defensive: | 3.31 | 3.05 | ||
| Unseen Growth: | 3.65 | 4.54 | ||