Why are women more religious than men? Testing the explanatory power of personality theory among undergraduate students in Wales

This study tests the explanatory power of personality-based psychologically grounded theories to account for the well-established finding within the psychology of religion that within Christian and post-Christian contexts women are more religious than men. A sample of 1682 undergraduate students in...

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Authors: Penny, Gemma (Author) ; Francis, Leslie J. (Author) ; Robbins, Mandy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 6, Pages: 492-502
Further subjects:B Religion
B Sex differences
B Personality
B Eysenck
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