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Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and wellbeing within secular societies : assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral
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Francis, Leslie J. and Jones, Susan H. (2020) Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and wellbeing within secular societies : assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral. HTS Theological Studies, 76 (3). a6250 . doi:10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250 ISSN 0259-9422.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250
Abstract
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that events like the Holly Bough service held in Liverpool Cathedral on the fourth Sunday of Advent that attracts a wide range of participants, including regular churchgoers and occasional (sometimes annual) visitors, contribute significantly to the psychological health and well-being of these participants. At the Holly Bough service held in 2019, a total of 383 participants (139 men, 229 women and 15 individuals who preferred anonymity) completed a recognised measure of psychological health and well-being (the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire) whilst they were waiting for the service to begin and again during a 5-min organ improvisation just before the close of the service. The data demonstrated a significantly higher score on the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire at time 2 than at time 1, suggesting that the experience of the service functioned as an agent of psychological health and well-being.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cathedrals -- Great Britain, Psychology, Well-being, Happiness | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | HTS Theological Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | AOSIS | ||||||
ISSN: | 0259-9422 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2 November 2020 | ||||||
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Volume: | 76 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Article Number: | a6250 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 September 2020 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 September 2020 | ||||||
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