Happiness for believers? Contextualizing the effects of religiosity on life-satisfaction

European Sociological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-593

  Eichhorn, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864140662     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr027     Document Type: Review

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