Measuring satisfaction with religiosity and Its contribution to the personal well-being index in a muslim sample

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-108

  Tiliouine, Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Islamic religiosity; Personal well being index; Satisfaction with religiosity spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350066520     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-009-9074-x     Document Type: Article

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