The religion paradox: if religion makes people happy, why are so many dropping out?

By E. Diener, Louis Tay, D. Myers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2011

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Health

1. E. Diener
2. S. Oishi
3. Louis Tay
4. Richard E. Lucas
5. Olga Stavrova
6. R. Inglehart
7. M. Bond
8. Vivian Miu Chi Lun

In Social Psychology

1. E. Diener
2. Louis Tay
3. S. Oishi
4. Richard E. Lucas
5. R. Inglehart
6. Olga Stavrova
7. M. Bond
8. Vivian Miu Chi Lun

In Sociology and Political Science

1. E. Diener
2. S. Oishi
3. Olga Stavrova
4. Richard E. Lucas
5. Louis Tay
6. M. Bond
7. Vivian Miu Chi Lun
8. R. Inglehart

Citations in the corpus

• Religion, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality (2015, positive): “Although prior research has demonstrated that a fit between personal and cultural religiosity is related to psychological well-being (Diener et al., 2011; Eichhorn, 2012; Gebauer et al., 2012; Stavrova et al., 2013), the present analyses extended these findings by showing that fitting in is also…”
• Does employees’ spirituality enhance job performance? The mediating roles of intrinsic motivation and job crafting (2020, background): “Since many studies have documented a positive link between religion and pro-sociality (Diener et al. 2011; Saroglou et al. 2005; Graham and Haidt 2010; McCullough and Willoughby 2009; Galen 2012a, b), and further that the pro-social behaviour requires resources for self-control, we can theorize…”
• Examining the relation of religion and spirituality to subjective well-being across national cultures. (2013, methodology): “Different features of national cultural contexts have been found to strengthen or attenuate the relationship of religion and spirituality with subjective well-being (Bond, Lun, & Li, 2012; Diener et al., 2011; Eichhorn, 2011).”
• Theory and Validity of Life Satisfaction Scales (2013, background): “Diener, Tay, and Myers (2011) found that people in religious societies give greater weight to religiosity in making life satisfaction judgments, compared to people in less religious societies.”
• Advances and Open Questions in the Science of Subjective Well-Being (2018, positive): “Diener et al. (2011) found that in nations with difficult conditions, religious people had higher SWB, and this difference may be due to greater social support, greater respect from others, and higher levels of purpose and meaning.”