Factors Affecting Australian Catholics’ Return to Mass After COVID-19 Church Closures
In 2020, many places of worship closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, raising questions about rates of return to worship after COVID-19. This survey-based study of 806 Australian churchgoing Catholics explores relationships between a range of variables and the rate of return to Mass attendance after...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
2022
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Journal of religion and health
Année: 2022, Volume: 61, Numéro: 5, Pages: 4245-4259 |
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Catholic
B Covid-19 B Mass attendance B Australia B Virtual worship |
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Résumé: | In 2020, many places of worship closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, raising questions about rates of return to worship after COVID-19. This survey-based study of 806 Australian churchgoing Catholics explores relationships between a range of variables and the rate of return to Mass attendance after church closures. Pre-closure Mass attendance rate strongly and significantly predicted real-life worship during church closures and higher rates of return to Mass attendance after churches reopened. Real-life worship during COVID-19 also strongly predicted return to Mass attendance, and positively mediated the relationship between pre- and post-closure Mass attendance rates. Virtual worship engagement did not significantly predict return to Mass attendance, but positively mediated the relationship between pre- and post-closure Mass attendance rates, with a smaller effect size. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-022-01618-1 |