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Well-Being in Post-Primary Schools in Ireland: The Assessment and Contribution of Character Strengths
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Burke, Jolanta; Minton, Stephen James – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
Enhancing the well-being of primary and post-primary students is one of the priorities of the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland. Whilst interventions are being implemented across the board, little is known about the current levels of adolescents' well-being. Drawing from research on positive education, in the current study well-being…
Descriptors: Well Being, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Intervention
Religious Affect and Personal Happiness: Are There Significant Differences between Catholic Adolescents in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland?
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Francis, Leslie J.; Byrne, Gareth; Lewis, Christopher Alan; Sweetman, Bernadette – Journal of Religious Education, 2020
This study set out to explore levels of religious affect (measured by the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity) and personal affect (measured by the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire) among samples of Catholic students in the Republic of Ireland attending fifth- and sixth-year classes (N = 3015) and Catholic students in Northern Ireland…
Descriptors: Catholics, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Psychological Patterns