The role of personal spirituality and religious social activity on the life satisfaction of older widowed women

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 319-329

  Neill, Christina M ^b   Kahn, Arnold S ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033074511     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018811324286     Document Type: Article

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