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(2014) Religion and spirituality across cultures, Dordrecht, Springer.
Religiosity and subjective well-being
an international perspective
Louis Tay, Miao Li, David B. Myers , Ed Diener
pp. 163-175
To what extent does religiosity relate to subjective well-being (SWB) across the world? We review empirical evidence from both Western and non-Western nations and it points to a pan-cultural positive relation between religiosity and SWB. Using a multilevel perspective, we propose psychological and social mechanisms for this process: at the individual level, religiosity fulfills needs; at the national level, collective religiosity can enhance pro-social behaviors. Recent research also points to contextual effects of religiosity. National religiosity can serve as a buffer to SWB against difficult life circumstances; it can also augment personal religiosity effects on SWB. Future research directions on religiosity and SWB are discussed.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8950-9_9
Full citation:
Tay, L. , Li, M. , Myers, D. B. , Diener, E. (2014)., Religiosity and subjective well-being: an international perspective, in C. Kim-Prieto (ed.), Religion and spirituality across cultures, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 163-175.
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