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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Jan 9;124(6):1299–1313. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000454

Table 3.

Lagged relationships between prayer types and well-being.

Supplication Thanksgiving Confession Adoration
Lag from Supplication Lag to Supplication Lag from Thanksgiving Lag to Thanksgiving Lag from Confession Lag to Confession Lag from Adoration Lag to Adoration
Well-being b t b t b t b t b t b t b t b t
PA .01 .62 −.00 −.20 −.02 −1.02 .02 1.44 .02 −.55 .00 −.14 −.00 −.03 −.00 −.31
PD −.04 2.05* −.01 −.67 −.05 −2.46* .01 .69 .03 .92 .01 .64 −.06 −2.09* .00 .05
NA .06 3.08** .03 1.98* .06 2.35* .01 1.13 .03 .96 .00 .46 .06 1.96a .01 1.32
ND .03 1.27 .01 0.47 0.05 2.23* .01 .63 .01 .40 .02 1.94a .02 0.84 .01 0.80
SWL −.03 1.50 −.02 −1.26 −.06 −2.49* .01 .67 .02 .69 −.01 −1.53 −.04 −1.43 −.01 −1.09
ML −.01 −0.51 −.03 −1.71a −.05 −1.86a .01 .62 .02 .93 −.02 −2.10* −.04 −1.14 −.01 −1.49
SE −.01 0.51 −.00 −0.19 −.04 −1.98* −.00 −.20 −.00 −.10 −.03 −2.87** −.06 −2.47* −.01 −1.20

Note: PA = positive activate affect, PD = positive deactivated affect, NA = negative activated affect, ND = negative deactivated affect, SWL = satisfaction with life, ML = meaning in life, SE = self-esteem.

a

<.10.

*

p <.05.

**

p <.01.

***

p <.001.

Exact p-values are presented in Supplemental Materials.