Religious influences on sensitive self-reported behaviors: The product of social desirability, deceit, or embarrassment?

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-163

  Regnerus, Mark D ^a   Uecker, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 34250713906     PISSN: 10694404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socrel/68.2.145     Document Type: Review

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