Religiosity and death distress in Arabic college students

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-375

  Al Sabwah, Mohammed N ^a   Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARAB; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DEATH DEPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSION; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; RELIGION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645301318     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180600553435     Document Type: Article

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