Purpose in life and value changes following conversion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 1153-1160

  Paloutzian, Raymond F ^a  

^a WESTMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

time passage since religious conversion, purpose in life personal value changes, college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001659351     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.41.6.1153     Document Type: Article

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