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Prayer, personality and purpose in life : an empirical enquiry among adolescents in the UK
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Francis, Leslie J. and Penny, Gemma (2016) Prayer, personality and purpose in life : an empirical enquiry among adolescents in the UK. In: Village, Andrew and Hood, Ralph , (eds.) Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion,. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 27 . Brill, pp. 192-209. ISBN 9789004322035
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Abstract
The linkage between religion and purpose in life is a matter of theoretical interest within the two fields of empirical theology and psychology of religion. Empirical evidence for this linkage remains vulnerable according to the measures of religion and purpose in life employed. Conceptually prayer provides an interesting test of this linkage in light both of the personal nature of this religious activity and of the persistence of prayer among individuals who do not attend worship services. This study draws on data provided by 10,792 13- to 15- year-old students from five different parts of the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and London) to test the connection between prayer and purpose-in-life (assessed by an established single-item measure) after taking into account personal differences (age and sex), psychological differences (Eysenck’s three dimensional model of personality), and religious differences (affiliation, and worship attendance). The data demonstrate that prayer frequency adds additional prediction of enhanced levels of purpose in life among young people after taking all other variables into account, and that prayer frequency is a stronger predictor of purpose in life than religious affiliation or worship attendance.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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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): | Prayer , Teenagers, Psychology, Spiritual life, Religion, Personality | ||||||
| Series Name: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion | ||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9789004322035 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1046-8064 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, | ||||||
| Editor: | Village, Andrew and Hood, Ralph | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 27 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 192-209 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Description: | ISSN 1046-8064 |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 July 2016 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2018 |
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