The association between personality, attachment, psychological distress, church denomination and the God concept among a non-clinical sample

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-154

  Eurelings Bontekoe, Elisabeth H M ^a   Hekman van Steeg, Janneke ^a   Verschuur, Margot J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 13844277023     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670412331304320     Document Type: Article

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