Concerns about measuring "spirituality" in research

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; LIFE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMENCLATURE; OPTIMISM; RELIGION; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 43649087285     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31816ff796     Document Type: Article

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