Personality traits, religious orientation and happiness

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 63-69

  Moltafet, Ghavam ^a   Mazidi, Mohammed ^a   Sadati, Somayeh ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Big five; Extrinsic religious orientation; Happiness; Intrinsic religious orientation; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951865390     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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