Religiosity and general health among undergraduate students: A response to O'Connor, Cobb, and O'Connor (2003)

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-494

  Francis, Leslie J ^a   Robbins, Mandy ^a   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^b   Quigley, Catherine F ^a   Wheeler, Christopher ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity; General Health Questionnaire; Psychological distress; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3442901607     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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