Initial development of the brief Arab Religious Coping Scale (BARCS)

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-88

  Amer, Mona M ^a   Hovey, Joseph D ^b   Fox, Christine M ^b   Rezcallah, Alexander ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

BARCS; Christian; Muslim; Religion; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BRIEF ARAB RELIGIOUS COPING SCALE; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNET; MALE; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46649090324     PISSN: 15564908     EISSN: 15565009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564900802156676     Document Type: Article

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