Social group and moral orientation factors as mediators of religiosity and multiple attitude targets

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-377

  Mavor, Kenneth I ^a   Gallois, Cindy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 51249106848     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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