Faith and Happiness
Twenty-four years of the General Social Surveys are analyzed to test eight hypotheses derived from the scattered literature on religion and happiness. The hypothesis that religiousness is positively related to happiness is supported, as is the hypothesis that the religious effect is primarily "...
| Published in: | Review of religious research |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2008
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| In: |
Review of religious research
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| Summary: | Twenty-four years of the General Social Surveys are analyzed to test eight hypotheses derived from the scattered literature on religion and happiness. The hypothesis that religiousness is positively related to happiness is supported, as is the hypothesis that the religious effect is primarily "social." Five other hypotheses are rejected and a sixth one partly so. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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