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Researchers have long recognized the influence of religion on a person's health and well-being. This study explores the influence of religion on the well-being of traumatized people. The study population included people who had experienced significant trauma in their lives from a severe car accident. The study sample included individuals who had been traumatized through severe injury in car accidents, families of those who have been badly injured, and families of those who were killed in car accidents. Demographic and socioeconomic variables served as independent factors in measuring subjective well-being. Descriptive, bivariate, and multiple regression analyses were used to measure the relationship between religiosity and subjective well-being of a traumatized person. Results showed that there was a positive relationship between religiosity and well-being, that income of the traumatized affected well-being positively, and that age of the traumatized affected well-being negatively. There was no effect of group difference (severely injured, family of severely injured, and family of a killed one) on well-being.

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religiosity well-being car accident trauma

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The Relationship Between Religiosity and Subjective Well-being: A Case of Kuwaiti Car Accident Victims

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