Religiosity and its association with positive and negative emotions among college students from Algeria

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-170

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a,b   Naceur, Farida ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Baskara University   (Algeria)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOSLEM; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34547478141     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13694670500497197     Document Type: Article

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