Relationships among spiritual beliefs, religious practises, congregational support and health for individuals with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 411-419

  Johnstone, Brick ^a   Yoon, Dong Pil ^a   Rupright, Jon ^b   Reid Arndt, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness Spirituality; Rehabilitation; Religion; Spirituality; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 67650559002     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050902788501     Document Type: Article

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