Relationship between Dark Personality Traits and Spiritual Well-Being among Consecrated Men and Women in Western Deanery, Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya

Personality and spiritual well-being paly influential role on the holistic growth of Catholic consecrated men and women. This quantitative study investigated the relationship between dark personality traits and spiritual well-being among consecrated men and women in the Western Deanery, Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi Kenya. Dark Triad Theory was employed. A correlation research design was applied and Short Dark Triad (SD3) brief measure instrument was used to measure the dark personality traits whereas Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) was used to measure the spiritual well-being dimensions of participants. Krejcie and Morgan formula was used to obtain a sample of 255 from a target population of 810. SPSS version 21 was used and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Pearson product moment). Findings of the current study established that 42% (n= 107, M = 31.52, Std. = 4.91) of the consecrated men and women were at Machiavellian personality trait, while 25% (n = 65, M = 27.58, std = 5.58) came under psychopath personality trait. A majority of participants (n = 130. 51.1%) scored a high level of spiritual well-being, while 11% (n = 28) scored low level of spiritual well-being. The Pearson correlation analysis found a positive relationship (r = .264, p = .000 ≤ 0.05) between dark personality traits and spiritual well-being among consecrated men and women in Western Deanery, Archdiocese of Nairobi. Psycho-Spiritual based programs could be integrated in the formation curriculum of seminarians and religious to the spiritual well-being and psycho-educate on the impact of harmful personality traits on human relationships among consecrated men and women.