Death without god: Religious struggle, death concerns, and depression in the terminally Ill

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 754-758

  Edmondson, Donald ^a   Park, Crystal L ^a   Chaudoir, Stephenie R ^a   Wortmann, Jennifer H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 50249160014     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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