Spirituality and psychological well-being: A mediator-moderator study

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-368

  Fiorito, Basil ^a   Ryan, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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