Changes in Personal Religion/Spirituality During and After Childhood Abuse: A Review and Synthesis

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-145

  Walker, Donald F ^a   Reid, Henri Webb ^a   O'Neill, Tiffany ^a   Brown, Lindsay ^a  

^a Richmont Graduate University   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood abuse; religion and spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049095249     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016211     Document Type: Article

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