Religiosity, family orientation, and life satisfaction of adolescents in four countries

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1375-1393

  Sabatier, Colette ^a   Mayer, Boris ^b   Friedlmeier, Mihaela ^c   Lubiewska, Katarzyna ^d   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

adolescence; family orientation; life satisfaction; religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051954318     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111412343     Document Type: Article

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