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Personal prayer, worship attendance and spiritual wellbeing : a study among fourth, fifth and sixth class students attending Church of Ireland schools in the Republic of Ireland
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Wilkinson, J., Francis, Leslie J. and McKenna, Ursula (2018) Personal prayer, worship attendance and spiritual wellbeing : a study among fourth, fifth and sixth class students attending Church of Ireland schools in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Religious Education, 66 (3). pp. 202-212. doi:10.1007/s40839-018-0068-6 ISSN 1442-018X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-018-0068-6
Abstract
This study examines the associations between frequency of personal prayer, frequency of worship attendance and spiritual wellbeing among 468 students attending fourth, fifth and sixth classes within 18 Church of Ireland schools located in one diocese in the Republic of Ireland. Spiritual wellbeing is measured by a modified form of the Fisher 16-item instrument Feeling Good, Living Life (assessing quality of relationships across four domains: self, family, nature, and God). The data demonstrate that 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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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Religious Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Australian Catholic University ; Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1442-018X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 66 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 202-212 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40839-018-0068-6 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Religious Education. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-018-0068-6 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Australian Catholic University | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 October 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 November 2019 | ||||||||
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