Life Satisfaction and Religiosity among University Teachers

The present study investigated the relationship between religiosity as independent variable and life satisfaction as dependent variable among university teachers. Religiosity can be defined as behavior, emotions, and thoughts which are derived from beliefs about the sacred, connected with a specific religious ritual. Life satisfaction refers to global assessment of person's quality of life. A sample of 100 males and females university teachers was selected in a cross-sectional survey research design. Written informed consent was obtained from each of the participants before data collection. Muslim Religiosity Personality Inventory (MRPI) by Krauss (2011) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener (1985) were used to measure the religiosity and life satisfaction respectively. Permissions to use the scales have already obtained from authors. All the scales exhibited satisfactory level of internal consistency. Data were collected from asample of 100 university teachers from district Gujrat recruited through convenient sampling strategy. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 version was used for statistical analyses. Findings of Pearson Product Moment Correlations revealed that life satisfaction is positively associated with religious rituals and maumalats at (p<.001 and p<.01 respectively). Multiple Hierarchal Regression Analysis indicated that religious rituals and maumalats predict 29% variance on life satisfaction. The research has implementation for counseling of university teachers.