Religion and Happiness: A Study Among University Students in Turkey

J Relig Health. 2017 Aug;56(4):1335-1347. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0189-8.

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.

Keywords: Happiness; Oxford Happiness Inventory; Personality; Psychology; Religion; Turkey.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Happiness*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychometrics
  • Religion and Psychology*
  • Students / psychology*
  • Students / statistics & numerical data*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Turkey
  • Universities
  • Young Adult