Does Ramadan Affect Happiness? Evidence from Turkey

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" Does Ramadan Affect Happiness? Evidence from Turkey "
Zeynep B. Ugur

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065480
Doc. No	:	LA109109
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15736121-12341358‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Zeynep B. Ugur
Title & Author	:	Does Ramadan Affect Happiness? Evidence from Turkey [Article]\ Zeynep B. Ugur
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	40/2-3
Page No	:	163–175
Abstract	:	The lunar month of Ramadan is an important time period for Muslims around the world. In this study, we examine whether Ramadan brings happiness to individuals. For this purpose, we conducted a survey once before Ramadan, three times during Ramadan, and once after Ramadan. Our results show that with every week in Ramadan, a small boost of happiness is reported. Yet, two weeks after Ramadan, people seem to return to their baseline level of happiness. We suggest that Ramadan is associated with higher well-being due to increased socialization as non-fasting and those who fast partially also has statistically higher happiness scores than pre-Ramadan sample. Yet, those who have highest happiness scores are those who fasted fully.
Descriptor	:	fasting
Descriptor	:	happiness
Descriptor	:	Islam
Descriptor	:	Ramadan
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Turkey
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15736121-12341358‬