Can spiritual well-being help people be satisfied with singlehood? Exploring the temporal link between spiritual well-being and satisfaction with singlehood

Abstract

The current study examined the role of spiritual well-being at Time 1 (T1) in satisfaction with singlehood six months later in a sample of 335 Polish single adults aged 19–51 (M = 32.23, SD = 6.44). The analyses provided evidence of a suppression effect of spiritual well-being at Time 2 (T2) on the link between spiritual well-being T1 and satisfaction with singlehood T2. Lower changes in spiritual well-being over six months were related to higher subsequent satisfaction with singlehood. The findings imply that greater spiritual well-being may be an important, although weak, factor related to higher satisfaction with singlehood.