Religion: An overlooked dimension in cross-cultural psychology

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-394

  Tarakeshwar, Nalini ^a   Stanton, Jeffrey ^b   Pargament, Kenneth I ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dimensions; Psychology; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038336621     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103034004001     Document Type: Review

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