Prayer and personal happiness: a study among secondary school students in Australia

In order to examine the association between prayer and happiness, a sample of 1,002 students, ranging in age from 12- to 18-years, attending ten non-government secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, completed three measures: the Oxford Happiness Inventory, the short form of the Junior Eysenck Per...

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Published in:Journal of Religious Education
Authors: Francis, Leslie J. 1947- (Author) ; Fisher, John W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer [2014]
In: Journal of Religious Education
Further subjects:B Happiness
B Psychology
B Religion
B Adolescents
B Prayer
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Summary:In order to examine the association between prayer and happiness, a sample of 1,002 students, ranging in age from 12- to 18-years, attending ten non-government secondary schools in Victoria, Australia, completed three measures: the Oxford Happiness Inventory, the short form of the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised, and a single-item measure of prayer affect assessed on a five-point scale. The data demonstrated a significant positive correlation between prayer affect and happiness after taking into account individual differences in sex, age and personality.
ISSN:2199-4625
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Religious Education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s40839-014-0010-5