기독교인의 내적 종교성과 행복감 - 감사성향, 전념 및 종교적 안녕감의 다중매개효과를 중심으로-

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the relationship between Christians’ intrinsic religiosity and happiness and examine the multiple mediating effects of grateful disposition, commitment, and religious wellbeing on this relationship. The participants were 312 Christian Koreans (151 men and 161 women) with ages ranging from 20 to 69 years. PROCESS Macro 3.5 Model 4 was used to analyze the multiple mediating effects. Correlation analysis revealed positive correlations between intrinsic religiosity, grateful disposition, commitment, religious wellbeing, and happiness. In a multiple regression model for Christians’ happiness, intrinsic religiosity, grateful disposition, commitment, and religious wellbeing were significant predictors, and these four variables accounted for 56.3% of variance in happiness. In the stepwise regression
 model, religious wellbeing was the most important determinant of Christians’ happiness. In the multiple mediating model, all indirect pathways through grateful disposition, commitment, and religious wellbeing were significant. In this model, the direct pathway from intrinsic religiosity to happiness was negative. These findings suggest that Christians' intrinsic religiosity negatively influences happiness, but not through these three variables.