Church attendance and happiness among Northern Irish undergraduate students: No association

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-195

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Church attendance; Happiness; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444264018     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012948704485     Document Type: Article

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