Psychological well-being and pilgrimage: Religiosity, happiness and life satisfaction of Ardh-Kumbh Mela pilgrims (Kalpvasis) at Prayag, India: SHORT NOTES

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Maheshwari, Saurabh ^a   Singh, Purnima ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Happiness; Life satisfaction; Pilgrimage; Psychological well being; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149101771     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2009.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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