An exploratory study of religiosity, meaning in life and subjective wellbeing in muslim students from Algeria

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-127

  Tiliouine, Habib ^a   Belgoumidi, Abbes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algerian students; Islamic religiosity; Meaning in life; Satisfaction with life; Subjective wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350043891     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-009-9076-8     Document Type: Article

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