____________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: kingola2001@yahoo.com; British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science 4(5): 625-632, 2014 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org How Purposeful Are Seminarians in Life? Samuel E. Oladipo 1* and Uchenna C. Onuoha 2 1 School of Research and Postgraduate Study, North-West University (Mafikeng Campus) Mmabatho, Mafikeng, South Africa. 2 Department of Psychology, Adekunle Ajasin, University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author SEO designed the study, performed the statistical analysis and wrote the discussion and first draft of the paper. Author UCO administered the questionnaire, did the data entry, managed literature searches and wrote the introduction to the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Received 14 th August 2013 Accepted 29 th October 2013 Published 30 th January 2014 ABSTRACT Aims: This study investigated purpose in life among seminarians. This was motivated by the evident and apparent dearth of literature on research on seminarians and particularly their purpose in life. The present study therefore extended what is known in existential psychology literature by exploring the extent to which seminarians are purposeful in life. Study Design: The study was an ex-post facto survey. Place and Duration: The study was conducted among seminarians in one of the major Catholic seminaries in Nigeria and it lasted for a period of two weeks. Methodology: The entire population was sampled for the study. They were 63 seminarians from one of the Catholic Major Seminaries in Nigeria. Ryff’s purpose in life questionnaire was administered on respondents after obtaining their consent (this was a sub-scale of the psychological well-being scale developed by Ryff. Participants were all male with ages ranging between 19-39years (M=24.22; SD=2.915). Among the sample, 53 (84.1%) had low level of education, while 10 (15.9%) had higher level of education. Results: The result of data analysis indicated that significantly high number of seminarians (57.1%) were less purposeful in life and educational level of seminarians did not significantly predict their purpose in life (p>.05). Although more studies need to be conducted on this particular population, however, it goes without saying that majority of Original Research Article