Hoogeveen, SuzanneSarafoglou, AlexandraAczel, BalazsAditya, YonathanAlayan, Alexandra J.Allen, Peter J.Altay, Sacha2023-10-192023-10-192022342153-599X2153-5981https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5452The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N = 10, 535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-being, and (2) whether the relation between religiosity and self-reported well-being depends on perceived cultural norms of religion (i.e., whether it is considered normal and desirable to be religious in a given country). In a two-stage procedure, the teams first created an analysis plan and then executed their planned analysis on the data. For the first research question, all but 3 teams reported positive effect sizes with credible/confidence intervals excluding zero (median reported beta = 0.120). For the second research question, this was the case for 65% of the teams (median reported beta = 0.039). While most teams applied (multilevel) linear regression models, there was considerable variability in the choice of items used to construct the independent variables, the dependent variable, and the included covariates.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMental-HealthPeople HappyLifeSpiritualityReplicationInvolvementPerspectiveConsensusHappinessCultureMental-HealthPeople HappyLifeSpiritualityReplicationInvolvementPerspectiveHealthConsensusmany analystsHappinessopen scienceCulturereligionArticleWOS:00082140530000110.1080/2153599X.2022.20702552-s2.0-85133459286N/AQ1