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Religion and Life Satisfaction Down Under

verfasst von: Michael A. Kortt, Brian Dollery, Bligh Grant

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 2/2015

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We investigated the association between religious involvement and life satisfaction using panel data from the 2004, 2007, and 2010 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. Our study provides strong evidence of an association between attendance at religious services and life satisfaction in the Australian social context. While social resources mediate this association, there appears to be a remaining direct influence of attendance at religious services on life satisfaction. To unravel this association, there is a need to disentangle and separately assess the influence that ‘religious social resources’ and ‘secular social resources’ may have on life satisfaction.

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Titel: Religion and Life Satisfaction Down Under
verfasst von: Michael A. Kortt
Brian Dollery
Bligh Grant
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2015
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-014-9509-4

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