Development of a spiritual support scale for use with older adults

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 195-212

  Nelson Becker, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument; Older adults; Religion; Scale; Social work; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444436703     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v11n03_10     Document Type: Review

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