The varieties of religious development in adulthood: A longitudinal investigation of religion and rational choice

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-89

  McCullough, Michael E ^a,e   Brion, Sharon L ^b   Enders, Craig K ^c   Jain, Andrea R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Growth mixture models; Longitudinal; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 23844442164     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.89.1.78     Document Type: Review

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