Religiosity and well-being in Slovak and Hungarian student samples: The role of personality traits

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Halama, Peter ^a   Martos, Tamás ^b   Adamovováú, Lucia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Meaning in life; Personality traits; Religiosity; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954776939     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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