Hitting the Target: Why Existing Measures of "Religiousness" Are Really Reverse-Scored Measures of "Secularism"

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 368-373

  Hall, Daniel E ^a,b   Koenig, Harold G ^c   Meador, Keith G ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health; measurement; precision; Religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SECULARISM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SECULARISM; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 54849439946     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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