ABSTRACT
The human being is endowed with a strong conservation factor. Created in the image of the Divinity, in extreme conditions it can activate positive spiritual forces in order to overcome the difficult moments in its existence. Spiritual well-being refers to our willingness to find the meaning and purpose of human existence, a habit of questioning everything and understanding things that cannot be easily explained or understood. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being (SWB) and religiosity as protective factors during the pandemic years of 2020-2021. In order to do so, we conducted an online survey in order to measure the perceived impact and stress of the covid-19 pandemic on young people's life. 719 Romanian students, with a mean age of 28 years (SD = 10.36), filled in a demographic questionnaire, Paloutzian & Ellison's Spiritual Well-Being Scale and Huber's Centrality of Religiosity Scale. The results showed that the people who attended the church more frequently, who prayed a lot, who could communicate with their priest, who have high levels of spiritual well-being and have the religiosity as a central value, perceive a less impact of the pandemic, and felt lower levels of stress during these years. We consider these results to be important for the combined efforts of psychologist and priests to support people's mental health, and is one of the few studies on spiritual well-being on Orthodox population during this Pandemic context.