God as the ultimate attachment figure for older adults

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-388

  Cicirelli, Victor G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 12344320081     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461673042000303091     Document Type: Article

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