Efectos de las experiencias espirituales/paranormales en la vida de las personas y su bienestar psicólogico

Revista Argentina de Clinica Psicologica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-244

  Parra, Alejandro ^a  

^a Instituto de Psicología Paranormal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Confidence; New age thinking; Optimism; Paranormal spiritual experiencies; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149162226     PISSN: 03276716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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