The role of religion in death attitudes: Distinguishing between religious belief and style of processing religious contents

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-92

  Dezutter, Jessie ^a   Soenens, Bart ^b   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Bruyneel, Sabrina ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Duriez, Bart ^a   Hutsebaut, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649115595     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180802494289     Document Type: Article

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