Locus of control as a mediator of the relationship between religiosity and life satisfaction: Age, race, and gender differences

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-263

  Fiori, Katherine L ^a   Brown, Edna E ^b   Cortina, Kai S ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University in Nashville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646117985     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13694670600615482     Document Type: Article

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