麥肯錫-尋找自我和更大的東西：精神健康探索 In search of self and something bigger A spiritual health exploration 2024

May2024

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Healthnstitute

Insearchofselfand

somethingbigger:Aspiritualhealthexploration

McKinseyHealthInstitute’sglobalsurveyof41,000peoplefindsthatspiritualhealthmatterstomany,regardlessofage,country,orreligiousbeliefs.

byEricaCoeandKanaEnomotowithJacquelineBrasseyandVictoriaBennett

Ataglance

—Spiritualhealthencompasseshavingmeaninginone’slife,asenseofconnectiontosomethinglargerthanoneself,andasenseofpurpose.Findingthismeaningisassociatedwithstrongmental,social,andphysicalhealth.

—Whileassessmentofspiritualhealthrangeswidelyacrossagesandlocations,McKinseyHealthInstitute’sGlobal

GenZSurveyin26countriesfoundthatacrossgenerationalcohortsthevastmajorityofrespondentssaidspiritualhealthis“somewhat”to“extremely”importanttothem.

—Social,public,andprivatestakeholderscanexplorewaystohelppeoplefindpurposeandspacetoreflectontheirlives.Thisincludesemployersseekingtohelpindividualsfindmeaningintheirwork.

InMcKinseyHealthInstitute’s(MHI’s)visionof

a

modernunderstandingofhealth

,spiritualhealthisnota“nicetohave”butacoredimension,along

withphysical,mental,andsocialhealth.But

spiritualhealthcanbehardtodefine.Formany,

itinvokesavarietyoffeelings.Therearethose

whoseeitasinseparablefromreligion,aswellas

thosewhoassociateitwithfollowinganinternal

moralcompassorfindingpeaceandcalmthroughmeditation.Whilethosefeelingscanoverlap,MHI’sconceptofspiritualhealth1isnotnecessarilytiedtoreligiousbeliefsbutrathertomeaninginone’slife,abroadsenseofconnectiontosomethinglarger

thanoneself,andastrongsenseofpurpose.Thesecanbefoundwithinacommunity,acalling,aformofdivinity,theabilitytofeelrootedandmindfulin

thepresentmoment,oralloftheabove.Andthosewhoareabletodeveloptheirspiritualhealthoftenseepositiveoverlapswiththeotherdimensions

ofhealth.

However,therearedifferencesbetween

generationsastohowtheyreportspiritualhealth.

MHI’srecentGlobalGenZSurvey—across-

generationalsurveythatoversampledGenZin

ordertoyieldinsightintothegeneration,while

stillsamplingallothergenerationsforcomparison

purposes—highlightsthecomplexityofhow

spiritualhealthisperceivedandpracticedaround

theworldandthewayspiritualhealthaffects

overallwell-being.2Among41,000respondents

acrossgenerationalcohortsin26countries,the

vastmajoritysaidspiritualhealthis“somewhat”

to“extremelyimportant”tothem(seesidebar,

“Methodology”).Thisfindingissimilartothoseof

previousMHIsurveys

.Thissurveyalsohighlights

thevaryingglobalperspectivesregarding

theimportanceofspiritualhealth.Morethan

80percentofrespondentsinBrazil,Indonesia,

Nigeria,andVietnamsaidspiritualhealthwasvery

orextremelyimportant,forinstance,compared

withlessthan45percentofrespondentsinIreland,

theNetherlands,andSweden.Understandinghow

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Thesubcomponentsofspiritualhealthhavebeenrecognizedfordecades,asdiscussedin

Addingyearstolifeandlifetoyears

,McKinsey

HealthInstitute,March2022.Formore,seeS.K.Chaturvedi,NeeraDhar,andDeokiNandan,“Spiritualhealth,thefourthdimension:Apublichealthperspective,”WHOSouth-EastAsiaJournalofPublicHealth,January2013,Volume2,Number1;FrancescoChirico,“Spiritualwell-

beinginthe21stcentury:ItistimetoreviewthecurrentWHO’shealthdefinition,”JournalofHealthandSocialSciences,March2016,Volume1,Number1;ChristinaM.Puchalski,“Integratingspiritualityintopatientcare:Anessentialelementofperson-centeredcare,”PolishArchivesofInternalMedicine,September2013,Volume123,Number9;GiancarloLucchettietal.,“Spiritualityandhealthinthecurriculaofmedical

schoolsinBrazil,”BMCMedicalEducation,August2012,Volume12,Number78;South-EastAsiaAdvisoryCommitteeonMedicalResearch,“Spiritualaspectsofhealth:Globalstrategyforhealthforallbytheyear2000,”WorldHealthOrganization,March1984.

Thesurveyaskedquestionsbasedonthefourdimensionsofhealth:mental,physical,social,andspiritual.MHIthenanalyzeddifferencesandsimilaritiesacrossgenerationsandcountries,withthehopeofinformingthebroaderdialoguearoundGenZmentalhealth.Additionally,whileGenZtendstoreportworsementalhealth,theunderlyingcauseisnotclear.Thereareseveralage-specificfactorsthatmayimpactGenZ’s

mentalhealthindependentoftheirgenerationalcohort,includingdevelopmentalstage,levelofengagementwithhealthcare,andfamilialorsocietalattitudes.

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muchspiritualhealthvariesinlevelofimportancecouldcreatebetterunderstandinginaglobalizedworld,includingforthoseworkinginthesocial,

public,orprivatesector.

Thisisalsoanareawithpotentialformoreresearch:anMHIanalysisfoundthatabout75percentof

studiesrelatedtohealthprimarilymeasurephysical

health,whilejust12percentmeasurementalhealth,

6percentsocialhealth,and1percentspiritual

health.3MHIhasconductedmultipleglobalsurveys

tounderstandhowindividualsperceivethefour

dimensionsofhealthandwhatgapsexist.Ina

recentMHI

surveyofemployees

,forexample,

morethanhalfofrespondentsacross30countries

reportedpositiveoverallholistichealth,but

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Addingyearstolifeandlifetoyears

,McKinseyHealthInstitute,March2022.

Methodology

TogainabetterunderstandingofGenZincomparisonwithothergenerations,the

McKinseyHealthInstitute(MHI)conductedaninternet-basedsurveyinMay2022in

tenEuropeancountries(France,Germany,Italy,theNetherlands,Poland,Spain,

Sweden,Switzerland,Türkiye,andthe

UnitedKingdom),withapproximately

1,000completionspercountry.InAugust

2022,anadditional1,600completionspercountrywerecollectedfrom16mostlynon-Europeancountries(Argentina,Australia,Brazil,China,Egypt,India,Indonesia,

Ireland,Japan,Mexico,Nigeria,Saudi

Arabia,SouthAfrica,theUnitedArab

Emirates,theUnitedStates,andVietnam).

Intotal,thesurveycollectedresponsesfrom42,083people,including16,824

GenZers(mostly18-to24-year-oldsandincludinganegligibleminorityof13-to

17-year-oldnon-Europeanrespondents),13,080millennials(25to40yearsold),

6,937GenXers(41to56yearsold),

5,119babyboomers(57to75yearsold),and123fromtheSilentGeneration(76to93yearsold).

Withineachcountry,thesurveyapplied

weightstomatchthedistributionofage

cohorts,gender,andshareofpopulationwithtertiaryeducationinthesampleto

thecountry’snationalcensus.Thesamplewasdrawnfrompopulationswithaccess

totheinternet,whichmadethesamples

morerepresentativeofGenZrespondents.

Withthisagecohort,nearlyallindividualswithaccesstotheinternetareactive

technologyusers;however,forother

generations,thisislesslikelytobethe

case.Thisanalysisreflectsself-reportedresultsin2022.

Considerationsforcross-generational

surveys

Thesurveyfocusedonhowrespondents—mainlyGenZ—werefeelingatthetime

theyweresurveyed.Therefore,wecannotdeterminewhetherdifferencesinanswers

betweenagecohortsarecausedby

anintrinsicdifferenceinattitudesand

behaviorsoraremerelyinducedbyage

differences:itispossiblethatGenZwill

eventuallythinkandbehavelikemillennials,GenX,orbabyboomers,whentheyreachthoseages.

Considerationsforsurveys

conductedonline

Thesurveywasconductedonline.

Therefore,itmaynotaccuratelyreflect

thebehaviorsorattitudesofindividuals

whodon’thavereliableonlineaccess.This

canbeparticularlysignificantinvarious

aspectsoflife,giventhattheinternetcanhaveaprofoundimpactontheinformationweaccessandhowweprocessit.

Considerationsforcross-country

surveys

Cross-country,socioculturaldifferences

canaffectperceptions,scaleofuse,and

otherfactorsthatmayinfluenceresponses.

However,wecannotautomatically

concludethatthesedifferencesare

objective.Thevariationsinanswerson

anagreementscale,forexample,may

beduetotherespondent’sinclinationto

agreeordisagreeandtheirpropensityto

chooseextremeanswerssuchas“strongly

disagree”or“stronglyagree.”

Althoughwereliedonculturalexpertsand

youthreviewerstoensureequivalence

ofmeaningsacrosslanguagesduring

translations,someobserveddifferences

acrosscountriesmaystillbeinducedby

thetranslations.

Tomeasuredifferences,wecomputed

countryaveragesandusedthemto

calculatesimpleaveragesacrosscountries.

Bydoingso,wetreatedeachcountry

equally,regardlessofitspopulationsize.

Formoreonphysical,mental,social,

andspiritualhealthdefinitions,seethe

interactive,“Amodernunderstandingof

health,”intheMHIreport,Addingyearsto

lifeandlifetoyears.

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27

36

respondentsreportedthelowestproportionof

positivescoreswhenitcametospiritualhealth.

Thismayindicatethatsomeemployees,regardlessofcountry,maybestrugglingtointegratemeaningintotheirlivesandwork,whichcould,inturn,affecttheirphysical,mental,andsocialhealth.

Theseriesofinsightsbelowillustratewhat

cross-generationalrespondentssaidabouttheirspiritualhealthintheGlobalGenZSurvey,howtobetterunderstandthedifferencesbasedonage

andcountry,andhoweveryonehasaroletoplay

inhelpingpeoplehaveliveswithpurpose.This

canbeginbyunderstandinghowspiritualhealth

intersectswithotherdimensions.MHIhighlights

GenZspecificallybecauseofthemanychallengesyoungpeoplefaceinthetransitiontoadulthood,

andhowinsightsintoaspectsofhealthcanleadtobetterresilience.

WhiletheGenZerswhohavegoodspiritual

healthappeartobedoingwellinalldimensions,

thosewithpoorspiritualhealthmaybestruggling(Exhibit1).Individualsreportingpoorspiritual

healthwereuptoaboutfourtimeslesslikelyto

saytheyhadgoodorverygoodmentalhealththanthosereportingneutralorgoodspiritualhealth.

Inaddition,thosewithpoorspiritualhealthwere

abouttwotimeslesslikelytoreportgoodsocialorphysicalhealth.

TheGenZsurveyisnottheonlyresearchbeing

donetofindouthowspiritualhealthcanoverlap

withotherdimensions.Spiritualhealthhasbeen

correlatedwithmultipledimensionsofqualityof

lifeinotherstudies,4andtherehasbeengrowing

discussionontheroleofspiritualhealthinholisticmedicalcare.5Thiscanincludetheroleofspiritualbeliefsinmentalhealth,withsomestudiesfindingthathigherspiritualityscorescorrelatedwithfewerdepressivesymptomsorthatspiritualhealthand

perceivedsocialsupportisassociatedwithlessdeathanxietyintheelderly.6

Exhibit1

AmongGenZ,thereisapositiveassociationbetweenspiritualhealthandotherdimensionsofhealth.

Healthstatusbycategory,bystatusofspiritualhealth,GenZrespondents,%

Respondentswithneutral/good/

verygoodspiritualhealth

Respondentswithpoor/verypoor

spiritualhealth

Good/verygood

mentalhealth

63

3.8×

Good/verygood

socialhealth

64

2.3×

Good/verygood

physicalhealth

68

1.9×

Source:McKinseyHealthInstituteGlobalGenZBrainHealthSurvey(2022),GenZoversample(includesrespondentsaged13–24);weightedbygender,age,andeducationlevel.Datesielded:Aug26–Nov2,2022;n=16,635

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WHOQOLSRPBGroup,“Across-culturalstudyofspirituality,religion,andpersonalbeliefsascomponentsofqualityoflife,”SocialScience&Medicine,March2006,Volume62,Number6.

TracyA.Balbonietal.,“Spiritualityinseriousillnessandhealth,”JAMA,July2022,Volume328,Number2.

BenjaminR.DoolittleandMichaelFarrell,“Theassociationbetweenspiritualityanddepressioninanurbanclinic,”PrimaryCareCompaniontotheJournalofClinicalPsychiatry,2004,Volume6,Number3;MehrdadHajihasaniandNahidNaderi,“Deathanxietyintheelderly:Theroleofspiritualhealthandperceivedsocialsupport,”AgingPsychology,2021,Volume6,Number4.

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Otherstudieshavefoundthatspiritualandphysicalhealtharestronglyconnectedforsomepatients,

witha2011USstudyfindingthat41percentof

patientsdesiredadiscussionofreligiousand/

orspiritualconcernswhilehospitalized.7Thereis

alsosomeevidenceoftheconnectionbetween

spiritual,social,andmentalwell-being,witha2017studyfindingthatseniorsinIranwhohadspiritual

behaviorsandgoodsocialhealthweremorelikelytohaveself-carecapacity.8

Overall,GenZrespondentsreportedchallenges

withspiritualhealthatahigherratethannon–Gen

Zrespondents;aboutthreetimesasmanyGenZersreportedpoorspiritualhealthasdidbabyboomers.9GenZerswithpoormentalhealthwerethreetimesmorelikelytoreportalackofmeaningintheirlivesthanthosewithgoodmentalhealth(Exhibit2).

AndwhileGenZreportsstrugglingthemostwithspiritualhealth,it’snottheonlygenerationwherespiritualandmentalhealthareconnected:non–

GenZrespondentswithpoormentalhealthweremorethanfourtimesmorelikelytoreportalackof

meaningintheirlives,comparedwiththosewithgoodmentalhealth.

Whilethesurveyfindingsacrosscountriesaffirmedthatthosewithlowerspiritualhealthhadlower

mentalhealthscores,theperceptionofthat

connectionvariesbycountry.Eighty-eightpercentofrespondentsinIndonesia,forinstance,saidpositivespiritualhealthhelpedtheirmentalhealth,while

only15percentofrespondentsinJapanagreed

withthatsentiment.10Thatmeansitmaybeharderincertaincountriestomakethecasethatinvestmentinbetterspiritualhealthcanimprovementalhealth.

Byencompassing26countries,theGlobal

GenZSurveyoffersinsightintodistinctregional

differencesinthewayindividualsperceivespiritualhealth(Exhibit3).Respondentsinhigher-incomeeconomies,forexample,weresubstantiallyless

likelythanthoseinlower-orlower-middle-income

economiestoindicatespiritualhealthwas“extremelyimportant”tothem(27versus43percent).

Exhibit2

GenZrespondentswithpoormentalhealthwerelesslikelytosaytheyhadmeaningintheirlives.

Responsestothestatement‘Ihavemeaninginmylife,’GenZrespondents,%

Respondentswithneutral/good/verygoodmentalhealth

Respondentswithpoor/verypoormentalhealth

AgreeNeutralDisagree

69

21

9

39

29

30

Note:Respondentswhoreplied“Prefernottoanswer”arenotshown(2%foreachgroup).Figuresmaynotsumto100%,becauseofrounding.

Source:McKinseyHealthInstituteGlobalGenZBrainHealthSurvey(2022),GenZoversample(includesrespondentsaged13–24);weightedbygender,age,andeducationlevel.Datesielded:Aug26–Nov2,2022;n=16,824

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JoshuaA.Williamsetal.,“Attentiontoinpatients’religiousandspiritualconcerns:Predictorsandassociationwithpatientsatisfaction,”JournalofGeneralInternalMedicine,July2011,Volume26,Number11.

MahboobehMohammadietal.,“Assessmentoftherelationshipbetweenspiritualandsocialhealthandtheself-careabilityofelderlypeople

referredtocommunityhealthcenters,”IranianJournalofNursingandMidwiferyResearch,December2017,Volume22,Number6.

EricaCoe,AndrewDoy,KanaEnomoto,andCherylHealy,“

GenZmentalhealth:Theimpactoftechandsocialmedia

,”McKinseyHealthInstitute,April28,2023.

Aswithallcross-culturalresearch,differencesinscoresacrosscountriescanbedrivenbythefollowingtwofactors:truedifferencesbetweencountriesonvariablesofinterestanddifferencesbetweencountriesbecauseofartifactssuchaswithin-countryresponsestylesorcontext-drivenstigma.Asanexample,inourcurrentsurvey,weobservedlowerscoresacrossmanyvariablesofinterestinJapancomparedwithothercountries.Whenreviewingcross-culturalfindings,werecommendthereaderconsiderstheculturalcontextofthecountryandregion.

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Exhibit3

Theimportanceofspiritualhealthamongrespondentsvariedfrom41to85percent,dependingonwheretherespondentsreside.

Shareofrespondentswhosaidspiritualhealthis‘veryimportant’or‘extremelyimportant’tothem,%

ExtremelyVery

AfricaandNigeria85

MiddleEast

SaudiArabia80

SouthAfrica79

UnitedArabEmirates78

Egypt77

Asia–Paciic

Vietnam

82

Indonesia

82

China

75

Türkiye

73

India

70

Australia

51

Japan

48

Europe

Germany

76

Switzerland

69

Poland

60

Spain

56

Italy

53

UK

52

France

48

Ireland

43

Sweden

43

Netherlands

41

North

America

US

Mexico

63

63

South

America

Brazil

Argentina

64

84

Source:McKinseyHealthInstituteGlobalGenZBrainHealthSurvey(2022),GenZoversample(includesrespondentsaged13–24);weightedbygender,age,andsocioeconomics.Datesielded:Aug26–Nov2,2022;n=41,960

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Whilespiritualhealthisnotconfinedtoreligion,

thesecomplexdifferencesaroundtheworld

sometimescorrelatewithreligiousobservance.

UnderhalfofrespondentsinFrance,Ireland,

theNetherlands,andSweden,forinstance,said

spiritualhealthwasextremelyorveryimportanttothem,comparedwith85percentofrespondents

inNigeria.Butit’srelevanttorememberthatmanyevaluatetheirspiritualhealthoutsideoftraditionalreligion:in21ofthe26countriessurveyed,the

majorityofrespondentsineachcountrysaid

spiritualhealthisimportanttothem,whilefarfewerreportedregularlypracticingreligioushabits,suchasgoingtoafaith-basedservice.

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RecentPewresearchsupportsthisideathatthereisamiddlegroundbetweentheabsenceofspiritualbeliefsandfullreligiousorspiritualpractice,findingthatalmostathirdofUSrespondentssaytheyareatheists(17percent),agnostic(20percent)orlist

“nothinginparticular”(63percent).Almosthalf

of“religiousnones”saidtheirreasonsrelateto

dislikingreligiousorganizations,andathirdgaveareasonrelatedtonegativeexperienceswiththosewhodescribedthemselvesasreligious.Yetinthisgroup,almosthalfsaidspiritualityisimportantorthattheyconsideredthemselvesspiritual.11

Byexploringthedifferencesinspiritualhealth’simportanceacrosscountriesorregionsandbyunderstandingthevaryingfeelingsonreligion,

organizationsandindividualscouldpotentiallyhaveadeeperunderstandingofhowtoadvanceholistichealth.

Thiscaninviteconversationwithinsocial,public,andprivatesettingsonfactorsthatinfluence

spiritualhealth.Forexample,askingsomeone,“Whatwaysdoyoufindpurposeinyourlife?”or“Howareyouhelpingothersfindmeaning?”canyieldfruitfuldiscussions.

Whilefindingpathwaystopursueindividualspiritualhealthisimportantacrossgenerations,ourdata

suggestthatthisisespeciallyimportantforGenZ

(Exhibit4).Whensurveyed,GenZwastheleast

likelytoendorsepositivestatementsaboutspiritual

Exhibit4

Basedonstatementsaboutpurposeandmeaning,GenZisthegenerationwiththelowestlevelofspiritualhealth.

Sharewho‘a(chǎn)gree’or‘strongly’agreewitheachstatement,bygeneration,%

Ihave

meaninginmylife

GenZ63

Millennial71

GenX72

Babyboomer

78

Iind

purpose

inmy

work

GenZ

Millennial

GenX

Babyboomer

58

64

65

63

MypersonalGenZ57

Millennial63

beliefsgiveme

thestrength

tofaceGenX67

dimculties

Babyboomer69

Source:McKinseyHealthInstituteGlobalGenZBrainHealthSurvey(2022),GenZoversample(includesrespondentsaged13–24);weightedbygender,age,andeducationlevel.Datesielded:Aug26–Nov2,2022;n=41,960

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GregoryA.Smithetal.,Religious‘nones’inAmerica:Whotheyareandwhattheybelieve,PewResearchCenter,January2024;whenaskedabouttheirbeliefsregardingthepresenceofspiritsorspiritualenergiesinthefollowing,69percentof“religiousnones”and71percentofthereligiouslyaffiliatedchoseatleastoneofthefollowingwhenansweringwhethertheybelievethefollowingcanhavespiritsorspiritual

energies:animalsotherthanhumans;elementsofnaturesuchasmountains,rivers,andtrees;graveyards,cemeteries,ormemorialsites;certainobjectssuchascrystals,jewels,andstones.

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health:overathirdofrespondentsreportedalackofmeaningintheirlives.GenZerswerealsothe

leastlikelytoreportfindingasenseofpurposeintheirworkandhavingpersonalbeliefsthatgive

themthestrengthtofacedifficulties.Onepotentialexplanationisthatindividualsinthisphaseof

lifemaystillbeactivelydevelopingtheirsense

ofpurpose,whichlendscredencetosupportingyoungergenerationsinthisimportantelementoftheirhealth.

EarlierMHIwork

hashighlightedthechallengesamongyoungergenerationsinmaintainingtheir

healthandhowemployerscanplayarolein

improvingit.Forexample,workplaceinterventions

thatpromotepositivebehaviorsandlimitnegative

onescanhelpcreateorganizationalclimatesthat

promoteholistichealth.Inthesearchformeaning,someindividualsmayfindasenseofpurposein

theirjobs.Others,however,mayfeelstronglythat

workisanintellectualornecessarypartoflifebut

thattheirprimarypurposecomesfromvolunteeringintheircommunities,raisingafamily,creatingart,

engaginginactivism,ordoingotheractions.

Spiritualhealthcanbedeeplypersonal,butMHI

findingssuggestthattheworkplacemaybeoneofmanyplaceswhereindividualsexperienceasenseofpurposeandpositivespiritualhealthoverall

(Exhibit5).Apersonmayfindtheirjobunfulfilling,buttheflipsidecouldalsooccur:peoplecanfind

deepfulfillmentinpaidorunpaidwork.Abouttwo-

Exhibit5

Acrossallgenerations,spiritualhealthfactors,suchasmission-driven

work,areimportanttorespondentswhenconsideringafutureemployer.

Importanceofspiritualhealthconsiderationswhenselectingafutureemployer,bygeneration,1%

GenZMillennial

70

63

8

10

Veryimportantorimportant

Neutral

Notimportant

GenXBabyboomer

64

66

1011

1Question:Howimportantdoyouthinkspiritualhealthconsiderations(suchasstrong,purpose-drivenwork;missionstatement;opportunityforprobonowork)areinselectingafutureemployer?

Source:McKinseyHealthInstituteGlobalGenZBrainHealthSurvey(2022),GenZoversample(includesrespondentsaged13–24);weightedbygender,age,andeducationlevels.Datesielded:Aug26–Nov2,2022;n=31,819

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thirdsofGenZrespondents,forexample,

saidspiritualhealthconsiderations,suchasa

purposefulmissionstatementandopportunitiesforprobonowork,were“veryimportant”or

“important”whenitcametoselectinganemployer.Seventypercentofmillennialsand66percentof

GenXreportedthesame.

However,havingasenseofpurposeatworkcannotoverridenegativeelements,suchastoxicbehaviorandburnout.12Additionally,individualsmayprefer

nottoseekpurposeintheworkplace;instead,theymayturntoavenueslikevolunteering,helpingfamilymembers,participatinginareligiousorspiritual

community,oralloftheabove.Still,recognizingtheroletheworkplacecanplayinpromotingspiritualhealthisanelementoftotalemployeeholistic

health,andcreatingopportunitiesforpurposeintheworkplacemaybeessentialtothefutureofwork.

Spiritualhealthcanbeframedaspartofan

individual’soverallwell-being.Seekingpurpose

andmeaning,connectingwithwhatmatters,and

actingwithintentioncanbealifelongjourney,muchliketheneedtoregularlyasse