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Modelling the effect of worship attendance and personal prayer on spiritual wellbeing among 9- to 11-year-old students attending Anglican church schools in Wales
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Francis, Leslie J., Fisher, John W., Lankshear, David W. and Eccles, Emma L. (2018) Modelling the effect of worship attendance and personal prayer on spiritual wellbeing among 9- to 11-year-old students attending Anglican church schools in Wales. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 23 (1). pp. 30-44. doi:10.1080/1364436X.2017.1419938
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2017.1419938
Abstract
This study employs a modified form of the Fisher 16-item Feeling Good, Living Life measure of spiritual wellbeing (assessing quality of relationships across four domains: self, family, nature, and God) among a sample of 1,328 students drawn from year five and year six classes within Church in Wales primary schools, alongside measures of frequency of worship attendance and frequency of personal prayer. The data demonstrate frequency of personal prayer is a much stronger predictor than frequency of worship attendance in respect of spiritual wellbeing. This finding is consistent with the view that personal prayer is a key factor in the formation of individual spirituality.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Youth -- Religious life -- Wales, Spirituality, Church attendance, Prayer, Psychology, Religious | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Children's Spirituality | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1364-436X | ||||||
Official Date: | 18 January 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 23 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 30-44 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/1364436X.2017.1419938 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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