Youth Temple Attendance Correlated with Better Mental Health and More Lasting Faith
Keywords
mental health, spiritual practices, psychological well-being
Abstract
The mental health crisis, especially among youth, has filled headlines in recent years. Researchers have begun to take note of how religious and spiritual practices relate to greater mental health.
Scholar Jonathan Haidt notes the “efficacy of spiritual practices such as meditation, prayer, confession, and atonement rituals” and that “there is abundant evidence that keeping up certain spiritual practices improves well-being” often because these practices “reduc[e] self-focus and selfishness, which prepares a person to merge with or be open to something beyond the self.”
Original Publication Citation
Youth temple attendance correlated with better mental health and more lasting faith - https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/10/28/temple-attendance-mental-health-benefits/
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Dyer, Justin; Hardy, Sam; and Goodman, Michael A., "Youth Temple Attendance Correlated with Better Mental Health and More Lasting Faith" (2024). Faculty Publications. 9977.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9977
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Deseret News
Language
English
College
Religious Education
Department
Church History and Doctrine
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