Primary personality trait correlates of religious practice and orientation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-73

  Hills, Peter ^a   Francis, Leslie J ^b   Argyle, Michael ^a   Jackson, Chris J ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eysenck Personality Profiler; Guilt; Neuroticism; Psychoticism; Religiosity; Religious Life Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345375365     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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