The religion paradox: If religion makes people happy, why are so many dropping out?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1278-1290

  Diener, Ed ^a,b   Tay, Louis ^a   Myers, David G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Gallup Inc   (United States)

^c HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Happiness; Religion; Religiosity; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMOTIONS; HAPPINESS; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ISLAM; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955190548     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024402     Document Type: Article

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