A psychological measure of islamic religiousness: Development and evidence for reliability and validity

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-315

  Raiya, Hisham Abu ^a   Pargament, Kenneth ^a   Mahoney, Annette ^a   Stein, Catherine ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 56149104554     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508610802229270     Document Type: Article

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