Relations among religiosity, health, happiness, and anxiety for Kuwaiti adolescents

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 717-722

  Baroun, Khader A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33846787058     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.717-722     Document Type: Review

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