Religiosity, stress and psychological distress: No evidence for an association among undergraduate students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-217

  O'Connor, Daryl B ^a   Cobb, Joanna ^a   O'Connor, Rory C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; General health; Psychological distress; Religiosity; Stress; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290735     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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