Purpose in Life and Prayer Among Catholic and Protestant Adolescents in Northern Ireland |
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Authors: | Mandy Robbins Leslie J. Francis |
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Affiliation: | University of Wales , Bangor, UK |
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Abstract: | Data are provided from a sample of 2,670 young people aged between 13 and 15 years from Northern Ireland. This article compares the replies of 1,206 young people who attend a Catholic school and 1,464 young people who attend a Protestant school. The data examine the relationship between frequency of personal prayer, perceived purpose in life, sex, age, church attendance, and personality (extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism). These data demonstrate a clear relationship between frequency of prayer and perceived purpose in life among the young people from the Protestant and Catholic communities. |
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