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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between a model of prayer and a measure of subjective well-being within the context of a cognitive-behavioural framework. A community sample of 173 (77 males and 96 females) British adults completed measures of prayer activity and the General Health Questionnaire-28. The present findings suggest that meditative prayer, frequency of prayer, and prayer experience account for unique variance (among other measures of prayer) in a general measure of subjective well-being. The results demonstrate the potential usefulness of a cognitive-behavioural framework to help better understand the relationship between prayer and subjective well-being.
Notes
†To use the definition applied by (Ryff & Keyes, Citation1995) in making the empirical distinction between measures of shorter term evaluation of the balance between positive and negative affect (subjective well-being) and the longer-term well-being reflection, self-fulfillment, and engagement with life (psychological well-being).
