Islamic religiosity, subjective well-being, and health

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-74

  Tiliouine, Habib ^a   Cummins, Robert ^b   Davern, Melanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algerian population; Health; Islamic religiosity; Personal Well Being Index; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549115904     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670802118099     Document Type: Article

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