title: Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey.
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.
authors.affiliation: The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Leslie J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Ankara Sosyal Bilimler University, Ankara, Turkey. uzeyir.ok@asbu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Üzeyir
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Ok
authors.affiliation: Glyndŵr University, Wrexham, UK.
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Happiness; Oxford Happiness Inventory; Personality; Psychology; Religion; Turkey
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