Religious orientation, religious coping and appraisals of stress: Assessing primary appraisal factors in the relationship between religiosity and psychological well-being

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1209-1224

  Maltby, John ^a   Day, Liza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Coping; Extrinsic; Health; Intrinsic; Quest; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037403083     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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