Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies : assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral
dc.contributor.author | Francis, Leslie John | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Susan H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-21T07:05:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-21T07:05:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study is designed to test the hypothesis that events like the Holly Bough service held in Liverpool Cathedral on the fourth Sunday of Advent that attracts a wide range of participants, including regular churchgoers and occasional (sometimes annual) visitors, contribute significantly to the psychological health and well-being of these participants. At the Holly Bough service held in 2019, a total of 383 participants (139 men, 229 women and 15 individuals who preferred anonymity) completed a recognised measure of psychological health and well-being (the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire) whilst they were waiting for the service to begin and again during a 5-min organ improvisation just before the close of the service. The data demonstrated a significantly higher score on the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire at time 2 than at time 1, suggesting that the experience of the service functioned as an agent of psychological health and well-being. CONTRIBUTION: Situated within the science of cathedral studies, this paper confirms by means of a repeated-measure study that cathedrals promote psychological health; 383 participants at a Christmas service completed the same well-being measure before and after the service, with a significant increase in scores at time two. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | New Testament Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | pm2021 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.hts.org.za | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Francis, L.J. & Jones, S.H., 2020, ‘Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies: Assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 76(3), a6250. https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79532 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | AOSIS | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cathedral studies | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Psychological health | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Oxford happiness questionnaire | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Carol service | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Psychology of religion | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-03 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-04 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-11 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities | |
dc.title | Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies : assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |