Are you afraid to die? Religion and death attitudes in an adolescent sample

Journal of Psychology and Theology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-173

  Dezutter, Jessie ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^b   Hutsebaut, Dirk ^a  

^a Center for the Psychology of Religion   (Belgium)

^b Center for Developmental Psychology   (Belgium)

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EID: 70350327348     PISSN: 00916471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009164710903700302     Document Type: Article

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