Youth Spiritual Development Survey

SURVEY on Youth Spiritual Development

INSTRUCTIONS: There are 5 categories below. Do your best to select an appropriate answer for each area. Feel free to explain your answer in the box to the right of each question.

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1. Family History: What is the faith and religious background of your family? *

Comments / Explanation: *

2. ACCESS TO SERVICES: What places, people and resources do you have for spiritual development? *

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3. PERSONAL HABITS: What spiritual practices do you use? *

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4. KNOWLEDGE & BELIEFS: How much do you know about spiritual things? *

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5. GOALS & AMBITION: How important is your soul and your spiritual development? *

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PERSONAL INFO: Some of these options are optional.

How old are you? *

Name (optional) *

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OTHER: WHY IS THIS SURVEY IMPORTANT? Here's a quote from an article called Spiritual development: a missing priority in youth development (link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51416371_Spiritual_development_A_missing_priority_in_youth_development)

Spiritual beliefs, experiences, and feelings are central to the human experience and, as such, play an important role in human development. With respect to youth specifically, spirituality is thought to protect young people from such negative influences as depressive symptoms (Cot- ton, Larkin, Hoopes, Cromer, & Rosenthal, 2005) and substance use (Ritt-Olson, Milam, Unger, Trinidad, Teran, Dent, & Sussman, 2004;Houscamp, Fisher, & Stuber, 2004) and to promote an array of desirable outcomes such as moral development, identity formation, well-being, and thriving (Benson & Roehlkepartain, 2008). Considering this spectrum of benefits, many scholars identify spirituality as a key component to positive youth development ( Pittman et al., 2008;Benson & Roehlkepartain, 2008)