The impact of child abuse on the psycho-spiritual and religious status of maltese college students

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 147-159

  Galea, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Psychology of religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049135141     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-008-0159-5     Document Type: Article

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