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Volunteering, religiosity and well-being: Interrelationships among Australian churchgoers
Mollidor, Claudia Hancock, Nicole Pepper, Miriam
Mollidor, Claudia
Hancock, Nicole
Pepper, Miriam
Abstract
Existing research has mostly found positive, but sometimes inconclusive and contradictory, results about the relationships between volunteering and well-being, as well as between church attendance and volunteering. This paper aims to clarify how volunteering and religious beliefs and practices are related to well-being among Christian churchgoers. Utilising data from the 2011 Australian National Church Life Survey, volunteering was found to partially mediate the positive relationship between religiosity and well-being (life satisfaction), but only for some denominational groupings. Part of the reason why church attenders with high religiosity have higher well-being is because they are more likely to volunteer. The implications of these findings are discussed within the context of economic, managerial, public health and religious parameters.
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2015
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Mental Health, Religion & Culture
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18
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1
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20-32
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