{"id":5265,"date":"2024-07-15T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:54:04","slug":"new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html","title":{"rendered":"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"gen
Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new study recently offered a beacon of hope for Americans disillusioned with Gen Z. A report from the American Bible Society revealed that members of Gen Z have the highest stress level of any age group, but those who read the Bible regularly score higher on a happiness and mental health scale than Millenials and members of Gen X. The State of the Bible 2024 report<\/a> found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.<\/p>\n

However, on the flip side, members of Gen Z who are \u201cScripture engaged,\u201d meaning they regularly read their Bible and say it impacts their lives, scored high on the report\u2019s \u201chuman flourishing index,\u201d which gauges an individual\u2019s mental health, happiness, and social relationships, among other factors. Gen Z members who are Scripture-engaged scored an 8.0 on the human flourishing scale, higher than Millenials and Gen X and equal to Boomers. The takeaway: Gen Zers who read the Bible say it has life-changing power. The report said, \u201cWe need to acknowledge that many in Gen Z are Bible disengaged, and they have the lowest flourishing numbers on the board (6.0). But that subset of Scripture-engaged Gen Z-ers has the highest number (8.0). This suggests they are living with purpose, character, and happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full 55 percent of Gen Z members answered \u201cyes\u201d when asked, \u201cThe message of the Bible has transformed my life.\u201d John Farquhar Plake, the American Bible Society\u2019s Chief Innovation Officer and the editor-in-chief of the State of the Bible series said the data is positive for Generation Z. Plake said, \u201cFor the last few years, we\u2019ve reported some rather troubling statistics about Generation Z. As a group, these 18\u201327-year-olds are less connected with the church and the Bible than older generations. They also experience more stress and less hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cBut what about those in Gen Z who do engage with Scripture? They score higher on the human flourishing scale than other young adults who don\u2019t read the Bible and have the highest score of any generation. There\u2019s more research to be done here, but this suggests that a regular connection with God in Scripture counters the unique challenges keeping young adults from flourishing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study recently offered a beacon of hope for Americans disillusioned with Gen Z. A report from the American Bible Society revealed that members of Gen Z have the highest stress level of any age group, but those who read the Bible regularly score higher on a happiness and mental health scale than Millenials…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":5271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,69],"tags":[924,695],"class_list":["post-5265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-and-health","category-mental-health","category-study","tag-bible-reading","tag-gen-z"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The State of the Bible 2024 report found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The State of the Bible 2024 report found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Cup of Wellness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-15T13:54:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/gen-z-reading-bible-credit-shutterstock.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauren McKeithen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z","description":"The State of the Bible 2024 report found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z","og_description":"The State of the Bible 2024 report found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html","og_site_name":"Daily Cup of Wellness","article_published_time":"2024-07-15T13:54:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/gen-z-reading-bible-credit-shutterstock.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lauren McKeithen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html","name":"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/gen-z-reading-bible-credit-shutterstock.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-15T13:54:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-15T13:54:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/#\/schema\/person\/67183b7ec4ffc995620174c78f9cc68a"},"description":"The State of the Bible 2024 report found that Gen Z scored 12.9 on a stress scale, far higher than Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millenials.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/gen-z-reading-bible-credit-shutterstock.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/gen-z-reading-bible-credit-shutterstock.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Shutterstock.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/new-study-finds-that-daily-bible-reading-links-to-higher-happiness-scores-among-gen-z.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Study Finds That Daily Bible Reading Links to Higher Happiness Scores Among Gen Z"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/","name":"Daily Cup of Wellness","description":"Healthy Living, Mental Health, Nutrition, Fitness, and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/#\/schema\/person\/67183b7ec4ffc995620174c78f9cc68a","name":"lmckeithen","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/author\/lmckeithen"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5274,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions\/5274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}