| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Holder, M.D.; Coleman, B.; Wallace, J.M. |
| Title | Spiritualilty, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children aged 8-12 Years. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, Vol.11, 131 - 150 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-008-9126-1 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 8-12 aged children, 2 schools, Canada, 200? |
| Year of data gathering not reported | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Respondents N = | 320 |
| Non Response | 11 |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Overall how do you usually feel? 1 sad face 2 3 4 5 6 7 happy face Seven faces presented ranging from sad to happy, without verbal or numerical labels |
| Classification | A-AOL-g-sq-f-7-a |
| Author's label | Faces scale |
| Page in publication | 135,138 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.82 | 8.03 |
| Standard deviation | 0.97 | 1.62 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 47.0 | 24.0 |
| Full text | Rating by parents in response to single question: Overall how does your child usually feel? 1 sad face 2 3 4 5 6 7 happy face Seven faces presented ranging from sad to happy, without verbal or numerical labels |
| Classification | A-AOL-g-rdf-f-7-a |
| Author's label | Faces scale |
| Page in publication | 135,138 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 5.74 | 7.90 |
| Standard deviation | 0.77 | 1.28 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| % | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 57.0 | 12.0 |
| Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
| Activity | P05ac | Active |
| Communal Spirituality | I07ab04 | Perceived quality of intimate ties |
| Emotionality | P05ay | Emotional |
| Environmental Spirituality | V02ab04 | Ecological values |
| Gender | G01aa | Sex (male vs female) |
| Parent rating of child happiness | H09ab01 | Rating of happiness by parents |
| Personal Spirituality | R12ae | Current religious experiences |
| Public or private school | S01ad04 | Social characteristics of school |
| Shyness | P05cw | Shy |
| Sociability | P05cy | Sociable |
| Spiritual practice/ belief | R12ad | Current religious practices |
| Transcendental Spirituality | R12ab04 | Specific beliefs |