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Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey

verfasst von: Leslie J. Francis, Üzeyir Ok, Mandy Robbins

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 4/2017

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Abstract

This study tests the hypothesis that higher levels of positive religious affect are associated with higher levels of personal happiness among a sample of 348 students studying at a state university in Turkey who completed the Ok Religious Attitude Scale (Islam), the Oxford Happiness Inventory, and the short-form Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised. The data reported a small but statistically significant association between religiosity and happiness after taking sex and individual differences in personality into account.

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Titel: Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey
verfasst von: Leslie J. Francis
Üzeyir Ok
Mandy Robbins
Publikationsdatum: 29.01.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0189-8

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