Measuring "spirituality"

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 715-716

  Underwood, Lynn ^a  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIAN; DEPRESSION; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MOSLEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CHRISTIANITY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 52649107023     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318184d2fd     Document Type: Letter

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