Religion and the five factors of personality: A meta-analytic review

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-25

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Five factor model; Meta analysis; Openness; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005364646     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00233-6     Document Type: Article

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