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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-39971-4
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Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Psychology
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University of Oregon
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Religious belief and attendance predict improved well-being at the individual level. Paradoxically, geographic locations with high rates of religious belief and attendance are often those with the differentially high rates of societal instability and suffering. Many of the consequences of religiosity are context-based and vary across time, and holy days are naturally-occurring religious cues that have been shown to influence religiously-relevant attitudes and behaviors. I investigated the degree to which personal religiosity and religious geography (i.e. religious demographics with other location variables) individually and interactively predict well-being across days of the week.