Coping with crises: An examination of the impact of traumatic events on religious beliefs

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-464

  Overcash, Wendy S ^a   Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a   Cann, Arnie ^a   Tedeschi, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030338856     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1996.9914878     Document Type: Article

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