Looking inside the black box of "attendance at services": New measures for exploring an old dimension in religion and health research

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Idler, Ellen L ^a   Boulifard, David A ^a   Labouvie, Erich ^a   Chen, Yung Y ^b   Krause, Tyrone J ^c   Contrada, Richard J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 58149508456     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508610802471096     Document Type: Article

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