Unmasking the clerical persona: Interpreting the correlation between neuroticism and lie scale scores among Roman Catholic and male and female Anglican clergy

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-141

  Francis, Leslie J ^a   Louden, Stephen H ^a   Robbins, Mandy ^a   Rutledge, Christopher F J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005348888     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713685602     Document Type: Article

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