{"id":3756,"date":"2013-11-27T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2025-07-19T22:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T22:56:27","slug":"amber-osbourn-taylor-richardson-emmelene-romer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/?p=3756","title":{"rendered":"Amber Osbourn, Taylor Richardson &amp; Emmelene Romer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Effects of Self-Reflection on Happiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous studies have shown that self-reflection can affect an individual\u2019s happiness level. In this study two different modes of self-reflection were used: prayer and journaling. The hypothesis was that level of happiness would be different after self-reflection through prayer or journaling, and prayer would result in higher happiness levels. Participants were NCU students (n=29) who were randomly assigned to pray or journal for 5 minutes then answer a Daily Mood Form. The results showed a statistically significant difference between groups; participants had higher levels of happiness in the prayer group as compared to the journaling group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSY 350<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nani Skaggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banquet Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 &#8211; 3 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Effects of Self-Reflection on Happiness Previous studies have shown that self-reflection can affect an individual\u2019s happiness level. In this study two different modes of self-reflection were used: prayer and journaling. The hypothesis was that level of happiness would be different after self-reflection through prayer or journaling, and prayer would result in higher happiness levels. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/?p=3756\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Amber Osbourn, Taylor Richardson &amp; Emmelene Romer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2086],"tags":[2003,2088,29,30,2095,1930,662],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2013","tag-osbourn-a","tag-poster-fall-13","tag-psy","tag-psy-350","tag-richardson-t","tag-romer-e","tag-skaggs-n"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions\/3757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceday.bushnell.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}