ERIC Number: EJ1251411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1442-018X
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Religious Affect and Personal Happiness: Are There Significant Differences between Catholic Adolescents in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland?
Francis, Leslie J.; Byrne, Gareth; Lewis, Christopher Alan; Sweetman, Bernadette
Journal of Religious Education, v68 n1 p13-27 Apr 2020
This study set out to explore levels of religious affect (measured by the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity) and personal affect (measured by the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire) among samples of Catholic students in the Republic of Ireland attending fifth- and sixth-year classes (N = 3015) and Catholic students in Northern Ireland attending sixth-form classes (N = 1624), after taking into account individual differences in sex, age, and personality (as measured by the abbreviated form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised). Consistent with the findings of previous research, the data demonstrated a significant positive association between religious affect and personal happiness: religious students are happier students. Catholic students in Northern Ireland hold a more positive attitude toward Christianity (higher levels of religious affect) than Catholic students in the Republic of Ireland. Nonetheless, there is no significant difference in levels of happiness (personal affect) between Catholic students in the two jurisdictions.
Descriptors: Catholics, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Psychological Patterns, Catholic Schools, Student Attitudes, Christianity, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Extraversion Introversion, Neurosis, Personality Measures, Religious Factors, Individual Differences, Personality Traits, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Grade 5, Grade 6, Adolescents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eysenck Personality Inventory
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