Assessing the relationship between spirituality, life stressors, and social resources: Buffers of stress in graduate students

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-320

  Calicchia, John A ^a   Graham, Louise B ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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