The protective effect of religiosity under terrorism

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-58

  Levav, Itzhak ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Billig, Miriam ^c,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Floersheimer Institute for Social Policy   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERRORISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SELF EFFICACY; TERRORISM;

EID: 42249114024     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.1.46     Document Type: Article

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