The Influence of Home, Church and School on Prayer among Sixteen-Year-Old Adolescents in England
This study examines the influence of home, church and school on an attitudinal predisposition to pray and the practice of prayer among 711 sixteen-year-old adolescents attending Roman Catholic, Church of England and county (non-denominational) state maintained schools in England. The results are com...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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Review of religious research
Year: 1991, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-122 |
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| Summary: | This study examines the influence of home, church and school on an attitudinal predisposition to pray and the practice of prayer among 711 sixteen-year-old adolescents attending Roman Catholic, Church of England and county (non-denominational) state maintained schools in England. The results are compared with the earlier findings of Francis and Brown (1990) among eleven-year-olds. Among sixteen-year-olds the influence of church is stronger and the influence of parents is weaker than among eleven-year-olds in determining both the attitudinal predisposition to pray and the practice of prayer. While Roman Catholic secondary schools have no direct influence on their pupils' attitudes towards prayer, after controlling for the influence of home and church, Church of England schools are shown to exert a small but significant negative influence. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511908 |