Impetus for worship: An exploratory study of adolescents' idol adoration behaviors

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 167, 2007, Pages 575-588

  Lin, Ying Ching ^c   Lin, Chien Hsin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 37349125923     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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