<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/faculty-research/national-study-examines-link-between-accountability-god-psychological-well-being.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>02/28/2022</pubDate><title>National Study Examines Link Between Accountability to God, Psychological Well-Being</title><excerpt>Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness – according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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