Religious orientation, religious coping and happiness among UK adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1193-1202

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a   Maltby, John ^b   Day, Liz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Happiness; Religiosity; Religious coping; Religious orientation; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444292902     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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