The Pursuit of Happiness: Evolutionary Origins, Psychological Research, and Implications for Implicit Religion

The article focuses on the relationship between happiness and religion. Happiness fluctuates within a set range that a person's genes determines. Research has shown that religious people are more happy with life. A study conducted by researchers David Lykken and Auke Tellegen, sets a heritabili...

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1. VerfasserIn: Sharpe, Kevin W. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2005]
In: Implicit religion
Jahr: 2005, Band: 8, Heft: 2, Seiten: 118-132
weitere Schlagwörter:B Happiness
B PSYCHOLOGY & religion
B Contentment
B RELIGIOUS behaviors
B LYKKEN, David
B Heredity
B Religious Aspects
B EMOTIONS (Psychology)
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Zusammenfassung:The article focuses on the relationship between happiness and religion. Happiness fluctuates within a set range that a person's genes determines. Research has shown that religious people are more happy with life. A study conducted by researchers David Lykken and Auke Tellegen, sets a heritability of behavioral traits on twins who share identical genes and fraternal twins who share genes just like ordinary siblings.
ISSN:1743-1697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Implicit religion