Religiousness as a cultural adaptation of basic traits: A five-factor model perspective

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-125

  Saroglou, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Individual differences; Personality structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849138131     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088868309352322     Document Type: Article

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