Religion and mental health: Aspects of the relation between religious measures and positive and negative mental health

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-44

  Janssen, Femke ^a   Bänziger, Sarah ^a   Dezutter, Jessie ^b   Hutsebaut, Dirk ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 67649781989     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/008467206774355402     Document Type: Article

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