Three religious orientations and five personality factors: An exploratory study among adults in England

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 771-775

  Robbins, Mandy ^a   Francis, Leslie ^a   Mcilroy, David ^b   Clarke, Rachel ^b   Pritchard, Lowri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrinsic religiosity; Eysenck; Five factor personality model; Intrinsic religiosity; Quest religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649825817     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.519468     Document Type: Article

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