Prayer and Subjective Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Religious Support

We examined the associations of different types of prayer with subjective well-being—with a religious support as a potential moderator—in a sample of Korean adults. In a cross-sectional study, 468 participants completed measures of five prayer types (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication...

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Published in:Archive for the psychology of religion
Authors: You, Sukkyung (Author) ; Yoon, Ji Eun 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2016
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Korea / Adult / Prayer / Wellness / Religious community
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Prayer subjective well-being religious support Korean sample
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Summary:We examined the associations of different types of prayer with subjective well-being—with a religious support as a potential moderator—in a sample of Korean adults. In a cross-sectional study, 468 participants completed measures of five prayer types (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication, and reception prayer), subjective well-being, and religious support. After controlling for background variables, the thanks-giving prayers had positive associations and supplication prayers had negative associations with subjective well-being. In examining the potential moderating role of religious support, the current findings showed that religious support strengthened the relationship between reception prayer and subjective well-being, especially among individuals who perceived moderate and high levels of religious support. These findings indicate differential associations between prayer type and well-being in Korean adults.
ISSN:1573-6121
Contains:In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341328