Psychometric examination of the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality among college students

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-120

  Masters, Kevin S ^a   Carey, Kate B ^a   Maisto, Stephen A ^a   Caldwell, Paul E ^a   Wolfe, Thomas V ^a   Hackney, Harold L ^a   France, Christopher R ^b   Himawan, Lina ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449556491     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508610802711194     Document Type: Article

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