Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey.
Francis, Leslie J;Ok, Üzeyir;Robbins, Mandy;
Journal of religion and health2017Vol. 56pp. 1335-1347
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francis2017religionjournal
Abstract
This study tests the hypothesis that higher levels of positive religious affect are associated with higher levels of personal happiness among a sample of 348 students studying at a state university in Turkey who completed the Ok Religious Attitude Scale (Islam), the Oxford Happiness Inventory, and the short-form Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised. The data reported a small but statistically significant association between religiosity and happiness after taking sex and individual differences in personality into account.