The emotional toll of hell: cross-national and experimental evidence for the negative well-being effects of hell beliefs.

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 consiste...

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Main Authors: Azim F Shariff, Lara B Aknin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899000?pdf=render