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Friday, March 24, 2006
Scientific Study Finds that Religious Revival Services Increase Family Harmony and Quality of Life, and Improve School Behavior and Reduce Drug Abuse
In the most recent issue of Education and Urban Society, William Jeynes, a professor at California State University in Long Beach, conducted a study using three groups of randomly selected students to study the effects of attending religious revival services at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida. According to the New York Times, the Brownsville Revival is the most significant event of its kind in the last half-century, with about 4 million attending since 1995. Jeynes randomly selected a total of 150 individuals, 50 who had attended the revival services (the Revival Group), 50 who were waiting in line to attend the revival services (the pre-Revival Group), and 50 individuals from across the country (General Control Group) matched by zip code with the individuals who attended the revival services.
Those who attended the revival services were much more likely than the General Control Group to report an increase in the quality of their lives and the quality of their family life. They were also more likely to report improvements in school behavior and a reduction in their use of illegal drugs and alcohol. Attending the revival services had no discernable influence on a students' grade point average. Students in the pre-Revival Group, who like those in the Revival Group, were all Christians also were more likely to report improvements in their family life and a reduction in their consumption of illegal drugs and alcohol than the General Control Group. However, the differences between the pre-Revival and the General Control Group were not as great as between the Revival Group and the General Control Group.
The results of the study indicate students attending revival services had profound effects.
Dr. Jeynes is one of the nation's leading researchers on the influence of religiosity and attending religious schools. He has conducted the only meta-analysis ever undertaken examining these issues in a series of journal articles and in his book, Religion, Education, and Academic Success. He has also written dozens of academic journal articles, which have divulged among other things that when African American and Latino students are religious and from intact families, the achievement gap with white students disappears.
William Jeynes (whjharvard@post.harvard.edu) is also the Chair of the Religion and Education group of the American Education Research Association.
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Those who attended the revival services were much more likely than the General Control Group to report an increase in the quality of their lives and the quality of their family life. They were also more likely to report improvements in school behavior and a reduction in their use of illegal drugs and alcohol. Attending the revival services had no discernable influence on a students' grade point average. Students in the pre-Revival Group, who like those in the Revival Group, were all Christians also were more likely to report improvements in their family life and a reduction in their consumption of illegal drugs and alcohol than the General Control Group. However, the differences between the pre-Revival and the General Control Group were not as great as between the Revival Group and the General Control Group.
The results of the study indicate students attending revival services had profound effects.
Dr. Jeynes is one of the nation's leading researchers on the influence of religiosity and attending religious schools. He has conducted the only meta-analysis ever undertaken examining these issues in a series of journal articles and in his book, Religion, Education, and Academic Success. He has also written dozens of academic journal articles, which have divulged among other things that when African American and Latino students are religious and from intact families, the achievement gap with white students disappears.
William Jeynes (whjharvard@post.harvard.edu) is also the Chair of the Religion and Education group of the American Education Research Association.
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