Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft

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    Glaube Online - Auswirkungen von religiösen Online-Angeboten auf das Wohlbefinden von Kirchengemeindemitgliedern
    (2021) Siegle, Laura
    Through the measures taken against the spread of the Corona Virus in early 2020, the churches in Germany also had to find new ways to implement their offerings. Many Christian churches have offered religious online formats. Studies have already shown that religious people have a better well-being than non-religious people. This study examines now, how the use of religious online offers affects the well-being of church members. To investigate the research interest, an online survey was conducted in cross-sectional design. The sample includes 169 parishioners aged between 15 and 83. 103 of the respondents used religious online services, on average they used them sometimes. 66 of the respondents did not participate in the religious online offerings. The survey found that parishioners who used religious online offerings had both better subjective and better religious well-being during the pandemic. There was no difference between interactive and non-interactive religious online offerings in terms of subjective well-being. It turned out that improved religious well-being is positively related to the balance of affection. However, there was no significant connection between the religious well-being and the life satisfaction of the parishioners. Overall, it can be stated that the well-being of church members could also be influenced by other factors not researched in this study, which will need to be investigated and identified in future research.