Does Devoutness Delay Death? Psychological Investment in Religion and Its Association With Longevity in the Terman Sample.

Religious people tend to live slightly longer lives (M. E. McCullough, W. T. Hoyt, D. B. Larson, H. G. Koenig, & C. E. Thoresen, 2000). On the basis of the principle of social investment (J. Lodi-Smith & B. W. Roberts, 2007), the authors sought to clarify this phenomenon with a study of religion and...

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Published in:	Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 97; no. 5; pp. 866 - 883
Main Authors:	McCullough, Michael E., Friedman, Howard S., Enders, Craig K., Martin, Leslie R.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association November 2009
Subjects:	Longevity Psychology & religion Religious psychology
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