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Religion, human rights and matters of life and death : exploring attitude toward abortion and euthanasia among adolescents in England and Wales
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Francis, Leslie J., McKenna, Ursula and Sahin, Abdullah (2019) Religion, human rights and matters of life and death : exploring attitude toward abortion and euthanasia among adolescents in England and Wales. In: Ziebertz, Hans-Georg and Zaccaria, Francesco , (eds.) Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations. Religion and Human Rights, 4 . Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 139-159. ISBN 9783319987729
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Abstract
This study explores the association between attitude toward euthanasia and abortion and both religious practices (personal prayer and worship attendance) and self-assigned religious affiliation (Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, and non-religious) among a sample of 966 students between the ages of 14 and 18 years in England and Wales, after taking into account personal factors (age and sex) and psychological factors (extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism). The data demonstrate that religiously inclined students are less accepting of euthanasia and abortion. Religious practice is one key indicator with a significant negative correlation between prayer frequency and acceptance of euthanasia and abortion. In addition to prayer frequency, religious identity is a second key indicator. Muslim students and Catholic students are less accepting of euthanasia and abortion than Protestant students and non-religious students.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teenagers -- Attitudes -- England, Teenagers -- Attitudes -- Wales, Abortion, Euthanasia, Human rights | ||||||||
| Series Name: | Religion and Human Rights | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | Cham, Switzerland | ||||||||
| ISBN: | 9783319987729 | ||||||||
| Book Title: | Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations | ||||||||
| Editor: | Ziebertz, Hans-Georg and Zaccaria, Francesco | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 139-159 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-98773-6_6 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 December 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 November 2020 | ||||||||
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