Religion, social networks, and life satisfaction

American Sociological Review

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 914-933

  Lim, Chaeyoon ^a   Putnam, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

life satisfaction; religion; social identity; social networks

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 78650504791     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122410386686     Document Type: Article

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