Religiosity and Subjective Well-Being in the Arab Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527516540)

Throughout the history of humanity, religion has played an important role as one of the most powerful forces of life, death, health and disease. In psychology, interest in the study of religion dates back around one and a half centuries. This interest has been driven, in large part, by the findings of a positive relationship between religiosity and physical and mental health, subjective well-being, happiness and longevity. Furthermore, religiosity is now a subject in many disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, epidemiology, gerontology, social work, and psychotherapy.

This book brings together in one volume the scattered studies of religiosity and subjective well-being carried out in different Arab, mainly Muslim, countries. The vast majority of these articles are empirical research papers, and are classified into six sections: namely, Islam and Mental Health; Psychometric Measures; Religiosity, Health and Happiness; Religiosity, Quality of Life and Subjective Well-Being; Religiosity and Personality; and Religiosity, Subjective Well-Being and Psychopathology.

Author: Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
ISBN-10: 1527516547
ISBN-13: 9781527516540
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/14/2019
Pages: 525
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 1.30d