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Religion and Positive Emotions in Muslims

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Positive emotions are known to drive much of what people do. We believe and behave in ways to preserve our happiness and well-being and give meaning and purpose to our lives. Here we examine associations between religiosity and positive emotions in Muslims, and compare Muslims with members of other religious groups on this dimension. Positive emotions include happiness, well-being, and life satisfaction, as well as hope, optimism, meaning and purpose, self-esteem, and sense of control. We also review religiosity and personality traits in this chapter (extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience). The research summarized here, as in other chapters of this section, has been done in Muslim countries throughout the world by many different research teams made up of Muslims and non-Muslims.

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  2. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Koenig, H.G., Shohaib, S.A. (2014). Religion and Positive Emotions in Muslims. In: Health and Well-Being in Islamic Societies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05873-3_8

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