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ABSTRACT
Spirituality and religion predicted the development of social justice orientation (SJO) among young adults in a previous study (Chenot & Kim, 2013). The current study explores the manner in which the effects of spirituality and religion on social justice orientation vary depending on the career aspirations of young adults. The longitudinal data (two waves) used for this study was gathered from 14,527 students at 136 universities in the USA. Results of structural equation modeling analyses revealed that spirituality significantly predicted projected SJO behaviors among those who aspire to join the helping professions and the SJO attitudes of those who sought to join other professions. The implications of the findings for social work and social work education are discussed.
Acknowledgment
The authors wish to thank UCLA’s Spirituality in Higher Education Project and its directors, Alexander W. Astin, Helen S. Astin, and Jennifer A. Lindholm, for providing the data for this study. The project, which is housed at UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
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David Chenot
David Chenot is the Director of the Department of Social Work at California State University Fullerton. Hansung Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hansung Kim
David Chenot is the Director of the Department of Social Work at California State University Fullerton. Hansung Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.