Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and initial validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Abu Rayya, Hisham Motkal ^a   Abu Rayya, Maram Hussien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabs; Attitude; Islam; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949262346     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361209X371528     Document Type: Article

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