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.authorFrancis, Leslie John
dc.contributor.authorJones, Susan H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-21T07:05:23Z
dc.date.available2021-04-21T07:05:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThis 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.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFrancis, 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.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/79532
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSISen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectCathedral studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectPsychological healthen_ZA
dc.subjectOxford happiness questionnaireen_ZA
dc.subjectCarol serviceen_ZA
dc.subjectPsychology of religionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-11
dc.subject.otherSDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities
dc.titleCathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies : assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedralen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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