Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Holder et al. (2010): study CA 2005

Public: 8-12 aged children, 2 schools, Canada, 200?
Sample
Respondents: N = 320
Non Response: 11
Assessment: Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Communal Spirituality

Our Classification

Remarks

Item from the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (SWBQ)

Operationalization

Self report on single question on Quality and depth of inter-personal relationships.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

A-AOL-g-sq-f-7-a

r = +.45 p < .05

Child's rating of own happiness

A-AOL-g-sq-f-7-a

Beta = +.32 ns

A-AOL-g-rdf-f-7-a

r = +.19 p < .05

Parents rating of child's happiness

A-AOL-g-rdf-f-7-a

Beta = +.10 ns

Beta's controlled for child's :
- gender
- school
- temperament
  - shyness
  - emotionality
  - sociability
  - activity
- spirituality
  - personal
  - environmental
  - transcendental
  - spiritual practice/belief

Additional variance explained by communal spirituality after gender, school and temperament:
- 4,7% of child's rating of own happiness (05)
- 0,3% of parents rating of childs happiness (ns)