The association of racial attitudes and spiritual beliefs in post-apartheid South Africa

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-274

  Smith, Timothy B ^a   Stones, Christopher R ^b   Peck, Christopher E ^a   Naidoo, Anthony V ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 34249312254     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13694670600658730     Document Type: Article

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