Divorce and the divine: The role of spirituality in adjustment to divorce

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-383

  Krumrei, Elizabeth J ^a   Mahoney, Annette ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes to divorce; Coping; Religiosity; Resiliency; Spirituality; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249184915     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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