The relationship between spirituality, health beliefs, and health behaviors in college students

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-154

  Nagel, Erik ^b   Sgoutas Emch, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health beliefs; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847312906     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-006-9088-8     Document Type: Article

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