Inward, outward, upward prayer: Scale reliability and validation

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-251

  Ladd, Kevin L ^a   Spilka, Bernard ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 33646814717     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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