Modelling the effect of worship attendance and personal prayer on spiritual well-being among 9- to 11-year-old students attending Anglican church schools in Wales. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Francis, Leslie J.; Fisher, John; Lankshear, David W.; Eccles, Emma L.
• Is Part Of: International journal of children's spirituality. Volume 23:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 44
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Spiritual well-being -- prayer -- church attendance -- psychometric analysis; Moral education -- Periodicals; Religious education -- Periodicals; Spirituality -- Periodicals; Children -- Religious life -- Periodicals; 155.25
• DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2017.1419938
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-436X

Abstract

Abstract: This study employs a modified form of the Fisher 16-item Feeling Good, Living Life measure of spiritual well-being (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 well-being. This finding is consistent with the view that personal prayer is a key factor in the formation of individual spirituality.