It's not only what you hold, it's how you hold it: Dimensions of religiosity and meaning in life

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 863-868

  Martos, Tamás ^a   Thege, Barna Konkolÿ ^a   Steger, Michael F ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Meaning in life; Personality traits; Post Critical Belief Scale; Religiosity; Search for meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956886129     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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