Personal Religious Practice, Risky Behavior, and Implementation Intentions Among Adolescents

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-34

  McNamara, Patrick ^a,b   Burns, James P ^c   Johnson, Patricia ^a   McCorkle, Brian H ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; implementation intentions; religious practices; religiousness; risky behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649105780     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017582     Document Type: Article

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