The empirical relationships between standardized measures of religiosity and personality/mental health

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-220

  Kaldestad, Eystein ^a  

^a Res Inst Modum Bads N   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mental health; Personality; Psychopathology; Questionnaires; Religion; Religious orientations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030160315     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00652.x     Document Type: Article

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