The Empirical and Conceptual Value of the Spiritual Transcendence and Religious Involvement Scales for Personality Research

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-179

  Piedmont, Ralph L ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph W ^a   Dy Liacco, Gabriel S ^a   Williams, Joseph E G ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; incremental validity; Religious Involvement Scale; Spiritual Transcendence Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249115470     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015883     Document Type: Article

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