1. Poster Print Size: This poster template is 30” high by 50” wide and is printed at 120% for a 36” high by 60” wide poster. It can be used to print any poster with a 3:5 aspect ratio. Placeholders: The various elements included in this poster are ones we often see in medical, research, and scientific posters. Feel free to edit, move, add, and delete items, or change the layout to suit your needs. Always check with your conference organizer for specific requirements. Image Quality: You can place digital photos or logo art in your poster file by selecting the Insert, Picture command, or by using standard copy & paste. For best results, all graphic elements should be at least 150-200 pixels per inch in their final printed size. For instance, a 1600 x 1200 pixel photo will usually look fine up to 8“-10” wide on your printed poster. To preview the print quality of images, select a magnification of 100% when previewing your poster. This will give you a good idea of what it will look like in print. If you are laying out a large poster and using half-scale dimensions, be sure to preview your graphics at 200% to see them at their final printed size. Please note that graphics from websites (such as the logo on your hospital's or university's home page) will only be 72dpi and not suitable for printing. [This sidebar area does not print.] Change Color Theme: This template is designed to use the built-in color themes in the newer versions of PowerPoint. To change the color theme, select the Design tab, then select the Colors drop-down list. The default color theme for this template is “Office”, so you can always return to that after trying some of the alternatives. Printing Your Poster: Once your poster file is ready, visit www.genigraphics.com to order a high-quality, affordable poster print. Every order receives a free design review and we can deliver as fast as next business day within the US and Canada. Genigraphics® has been producing output from PowerPoint® longer than anyone in the industry; dating back to when we helped Microsoft® design the PowerPoint® software. US and Canada: 1-800-790-4001 Email: info@genigraphics.com [This sidebar area does not print.] Spiritual Struggles and Life Purpose Barriers as Mediators of General Life Purpose and Well-being Among College Students Namele Gutierrez, Dr. Miller-Perrin and Dr. Thompson Pepperdine University Namele Gutierrez namele.gutierrez@pepperdine.edu Cindy Miller-Perrin cindy.perrin@pepperdine.edu Contact  In the midst of a critical and transformative stage of development, college students are increasingly relating their life purpose and sense of well-being in relation to their faith and spirituality (Smith & Denton, 2005).  Although empirical evidence has been establishing general life purpose as a significant predictor of well-being, few have examined the mediators of said relationship among the college age population (Byron & Miller-Perrin, 2009).  Perceived barriers and spiritual struggles have been suggested to inhibit life purpose and well-being because both may call into question a person’s belief in oneself or in one’s foundational faith (Lent et al., 1994; Lipshits-Braziler & Tatar, 2012).  It was therefore hypothesized that general life purpose would positively influence well-being, unless life purpose barriers or spiritual struggles negatively mediated the relationship. Introduction Correlations were conducted between general life purpose, well-being, spiritual struggles, life purpose barriers and its three subscales (personal, interpersonal, and environmental). Significant correlations were found between all dependent variables, except between general life purpose and interpersonal barriers or environmental barriers (see Table 1). Two linear regressions were conducted, which determined that personal barriers, environmental barriers, and spiritual struggles significantly predicted well-being (see Tables 2 and 3). Mediation regression analyses were run in order to examine life purpose barriers and spiritual struggles as mediators between general life purpose and well-being (see Tables 4 and 5). Total general life purpose scores significantly predicted total well-being scores with personal barriers (R 2 =.45) and total spiritual struggles (R 2 =.37) as significant mediators. Objectives Method  Participants included 219 (17% male, 33% female) undergraduate students  Students were emailed and asked to participate by completing all measures through a web-based survey  Participants received convocation credit for participating Materials  The General Life Purpose Scale is an 18-item scale that assesses general sense of life purpose, operationalized as attempts to pursue one’s life goals, based on Emmons’ (2005) reasoning that life purpose is expressed through goals.  The Modified Negative RCOPE (NRCOPE) is an 23-item survey assessing spiritual struggles, which includes feelings that individuals may experience concerning their faith, their relationship with God, and their relationship with other people.  The Perceived Wellness Scale, a 36-item questionnaire, is designed to assess an individual’s self perceptions of well-being (Adams, 1995) and its six dimensions of perceived well-being: psychological, emotional, social, physical, spiritual, and intellectual.  The Life Purpose Barriers scale is a 21-item scale measuring barriers to life purpose. It has three subscales: personal, interpersonal, and environmental. Methods and Materials  Findings were consistent with previous findings that having a sense of general life purpose positively predicted well-being in college students (Dusselier, Dunn, Wang, Shelley & Whalen, 2005).  Life purpose barriers and spiritual struggles were found to decrease the relationship between general life purpose and well-being, which was consistent with past research (Lipshits-Braziler & Tatar, 2012; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001).  The best predictors of well-being were personal and circumstantial barriers, divine and intrapersonal spiritual struggles. Conclusions Byron, K., & Miller-Perrin, C. (2009). The value of life purpose: Purpose as a mediator of faith and well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(1), 64-70. doi:10.1080/17439760802357867 Dusselier, L., Dunn, B., Wang, Y., Shelley, M., & Whalen, D. F. (2005). Personal, Health, Academic, and Environmental Predictors of Stress for Residence Hall Students. Journal of American College Health, 54(1), 15-24. doi:10.3200/JACH.54.1.15-24 Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 45, 79–122. Lipshits-Braziler, Y., & Tatar, M. (2012). Perceived career barriers and coping among youth in Israel: Ethnic and gender differences. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(2), 545-554. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.08.010 Luzzo, D., & McWhirter, E. (2001). Sex and ethnic differences in the perception of educational and career-related barriers and levels of coping efficacy. Journal of Counseling & Development, 79(1), 61-67. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.2001.tb01944.x Smith, C., & Denton, M. (2005). Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. New York: Oxford University Press. References  To examine the relationship between general life purpose and well-being  To examine how spiritual struggles mediate the relationship between general life purpose and well-being  To examine how life purpose barriers mediate the relationship between general life purpose and well-being Results REPLACE THIS BOX WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HIGH RESOLUTION LOGO REPLACE THIS BOX WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION’S HIGH RESOLUTION LOGO