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Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-dimensional Approach

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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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  1. 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).

  2. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS: Last accessed on 16.02.2016.

  3. http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2004/35489.htm: Last accessed on 16.02.2016.

  4. For a clearer picture of how socio-demographic data differ with respect to gender please refer to Table 4 in the “Appendix”.

  5. http://internal.psychology.illinois.edu/~ediener/SWLS.html: Last accessed on 20.02.2016.

  6. Significant at .10 level one-tailed as shown in Table 3.

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Yeniaras, V., Akarsu, T.N. Religiosity and Life Satisfaction: A Multi-dimensional Approach. J Happiness Stud 18, 1815–1840 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9803-4

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