Religiosity and mental health: A further exploration of the relative importance of religious behaviors vs. religious attitudes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 807-818

  Dezutter, Jessie ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Hutsebaut, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distress; Mental health; Religiosity; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744450486     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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