Effect of a spiritual education programme in developing altruism and prosocial behaviour among children

This article reports on a two-year experimental study with 3278 children from schools in 15 countries, who underwent a spiritual education programme (SEP) aimed at enhancing altruism and prosocial behaviour. Results showed that post-test scores of the participant children on the self-report altruism...

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1. VerfasserIn: Pandya, Samta P. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Jahr: 2017, Band: 22, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 220-238
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
AH Religionspädagogik
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
NCB Individualethik
NCC Sozialethik
RF Christliche Religionspädagogik; Katechetik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B prosocial behaviour
B Altruism
B Children
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Zusammenfassung:This article reports on a two-year experimental study with 3278 children from schools in 15 countries, who underwent a spiritual education programme (SEP) aimed at enhancing altruism and prosocial behaviour. Results showed that post-test scores of the participant children on the self-report altruism scale and prosocial personality battery were higher than the comparison group, and their own pre-test scores. Participant children from affluent countries, high scorers on self-reported religiosity and spirituality, those who attended six-eight rounds of the SEP and regularly self-practiced, had higher post-treatment scores. Hierarchical regression models showed that self-practice was the most important post-test predictor of altruism and prosocial behaviour.
ISSN:1469-8455
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2017.1369012