Religiosity and happiness: No evidence for an association among undergraduates

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-121

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a   Lanigan, Ciaran ^a   Joseph, Stephen ^b   De Fockert, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030637959     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-8869(97)88910-6     Document Type: Article

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