A Review and Application of Social Scientific Measures of Religiosity and Spirituality: Assessing a Missing Component in Health Communication Research

Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-27

  Egbert, Nichole ^a   Mickley, Jacqueline ^b   Coeling, Harriet ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Visiting Nurse Service

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL MEDICINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 1442299893     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1601_2     Document Type: Review

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