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

Environmental Spirituality

Our Classification

Remarks

Item from the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire (SWBQ)

Operationalization

Self report on single question on sense of awe for nature.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

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

r = +21 p < .05

Child's rating of own happiness

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

Beta = -.10 ns

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

r = +.11 p < .05

Parents ratings of child's happiness

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

Beta = -.03 ns

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

Additional variance explained by environmental spirituality after gender, school and temperatement:
- 0,9% of child's rating of own happiness (ns)
- 0,3% of parents rating of childs happiness (ns)