Prayer lessons to promote happiness among kindergarten school children: A cross-country experimental study

SP Pandya - Religious Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Based on a one-year longitudinal experimental study with 3,782 kindergarten school
children across 15 countries, this article examines the association between prayer and …

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

LJ Francis, JW Fisher - Journal of Religious Education, 2014 - Springer
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 …

Associations between prayer and mental health among Christian youth in the Philippines

FA Del Castillo, CDB Del Castillo, HG Koenig - Religions, 2023 - mdpi.com
Religion/Spirituality (R/S) has been associated with mental health. Although most Filipinos
are Christian, little research has been done on how R/S affects their mental health. To …

The contributions of spirituality and religious practices to children's happiness

JM Wallace - 2010 - open.library.ubc.ca
The relations between happiness and spirituality and religious practices in children aged 8-
12 years were examined. Participants included 320 students in Grades 4-6 in both public …

[PDF][PDF] The Positive Impact of Quranic Teachings on Hope and Happiness in Adolescents

L Moghtader - Qur̓ān va ṭib (Quran and Medicine), 2020 - quraniimed.com
Adolescence is a period of evolution in which different types of identity, including religious
identity, are formed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the positive thinking effect …

Factors shaping prayer frequency among 9-to 11-year-olds

LJ Francis, T ap Siôn, DW Lankshear… - Greek Journal of …, 2019 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
This paper begins by reviewing the evidence from international research concerning the
personal and social correlates of prayer frequency during childhood and adolescence …

A meta-analysis on the relationship between prayer and student outcomes

W Jeynes - Education and Urban Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A meta-analysis, including 13 studies, was undertaken on the relationship between the
exercise of student prayer and academic and behavioral outcomes in urban schools …

Prayer and subjective well-being: An examination of six different types of prayer

BL Whittington, SJ Scher - … Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Participants (N= 430) were recruited online and completed a measure of six prayer types
(adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication, reception, and obligatory prayer) …

PERCEIVED IMPACT OF PRAYER ON COLLEGE STUDENTS'ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

J FABULA - Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2024 - qjssh.com
Prayer has long been recognized for its potential to positively impact well-being and
influence academic performance positively. However, contemporary modern-day trends …

The effect of prayer painting on spiritual life and anxiety in 7–11-year-old children with immunodeficiency

N Zarei, AS Hoseini, N Issa Zadeh… - International journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
One of the recommended treatments for reducing anxiety is spiritual care. This study surveys
the effect of prayer painting on spiritual life and anxiety in 7–11-year-old children with …