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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shariff AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3899000 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20140122 1
Though beliefs in Heaven and Hell are related, they are associated with different personality characteristics and social phenomena. Here we present three studies measuring Heaven and Hell beliefs' associations with and impact on subjective well-being. We find that a belief in Heaven is consistently associated with greater happiness and life satisfaction while a belief in Hell is associated with lower happiness and life satisfaction at the national (Study 1) and individual (Study 2) level. An exp ...[more]