Attachment Theory, Childhood Mistreatment, and Religiosity

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Reinert, Duane F ^a   Edwards, Carla E ^b  

^a Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment theory; attachment to God; child abuse; childhood mistreatment; concept of God

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650125689     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014894     Document Type: Article

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