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Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies 6/2017

28.09.2016 | Research Paper

Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-dimensional Approach

verfasst von: Volkan Yeniaras, Tugra Nazli Akarsu

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 6/2017

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Abstract

In this paper we employ a unique data set of 413 adults and scrutinize over the linear and non-linear relationship of religious adherence to life satisfaction. The findings confirm the previous studies regarding the positive linear and curvilinear relationship between the uni-dimensional religiosity and subjective well-being. To deepen the understanding of the relationship between religiosity and subjective well-being, the authors make use of a multi-dimensional religiosity scale. Via dissecting religiosity into different dimensions, we show when life satisfaction is in negative, positive, linear and/or curvilinear relationship with religiosity. The empirical evidence shows that the relationships between the dimensions of religiosity on life satisfaction are non-linear. Specifically, we demonstrate that there exist non-linear relations of ideological and consequential dimensions of religiosity to life satisfaction.

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This assumption of linearity is common in the literature pertinent to the examination of religiosity-SWB association with the exception of Mochon et al. (2011) and Joshanloo and Weijers (2015).
 
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For a clearer picture of how socio-demographic data differ with respect to gender please refer to Table 4 in the “Appendix”.
 
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Significant at .10 level one-tailed as shown in Table 3.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-dimensional Approach
verfasst von
Volkan Yeniaras
Tugra Nazli Akarsu
Publikationsdatum
28.09.2016
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 6/2017
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9803-4

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