The Psychological Benefits of Income are Contingent on Individual-Level and Culture-Level Religiosity

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 569-578

  Gebauer, Jochen E ^a   Nehrlich, Andreas D ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Neberich, Wiebke ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Affinitas GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

culture; income; psychological adjustment; religiosity; self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881231240     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550612469819     Document Type: Article

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