The development of the Short Muslim Practice and Belief Scale

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-426

  AlMarri, Tayyiba S K ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^a   Al Adawi, Samir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arab; Islam; Psychometric; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449389603     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670802637643     Document Type: Article

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