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Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey

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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.

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  2. Ankara Sosyal Bilimler University, Ankara, Turkey

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  3. Glyndŵr University, Wrexham, UK

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Francis, L.J., Ok, Ü. & Robbins, M. Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey. J Relig Health 56, 1335–1347 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-016-0189-8

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