Effects of Eating Habits, Sexual Orientations and Spirituality on The Mental Health Of Adult Individuals

Abstract

The present study was conceived to explore the effects of eating habits, sexual orientations and spirituality on the mental health of adult individuals. For this purpose a purposive sample of 80 participants of age between 21 and 60 years was taken from the cities of Delhi and NOIDA. Every participant completed his/her informed consent form before taking any other task. Three scales – The sexual Orientation Grid, Spiritual Assessment Inventory and Mental Health Inventory-38 along with Personal Information Sheet – were used for the study. Results indicated that among eating habits, sexual orientation and spirituality, the spirituality appeared to be the predictor of mental health of individuals. Among various types of eating habits, vegetarian and ovo vegetarian did not have correlation with mental health while non-vegetarian indicated non-significant negative correlation with mental health. Beside this, sexual orientation did not show any correlation with mental health. Furthermore, different sexual orientation group did not differ in their spiritual behaviour as measured on scale.