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The Relationship Between Psychological Well‐Being and Christian Faith and Practice in an Australian Population Sample
Author(s) -
Francis Leslie J.,
Kaldor Peter
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal for the scientific study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1468-5906
pISSN - 0021-8294
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5906.00109
Subject(s) - prayer , faith , attendance , church attendance , psychology , sample (material) , affect (linguistics) , population , social psychology , scale (ratio) , sociology , demography , religious studies , theology , religiosity , geography , philosophy , political science , chemistry , cartography , communication , chromatography , law
A random sample of 989 adults in an Australian community survey completed the Bradburn Balanced Affect Scale together with three measures of Christian faith and practice: belief in God, personal prayer, and church attendance. The data demonstrated a positive association between all three religious measures and psychological well‐being. The analysis helps to account for discrepant findings in previous research.