Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale in Egypt: Its factor structure and relationship to islamic beliefs and behaviors

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 281-296

  Leach, Mark M ^a   Jana Masri, Asma ^b   Priester, Paul E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Medical College   (United States)

^c NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward seeking psychological help; Egypt; Factor analysis; Muslim

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950740596     PISSN: 10468064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004175624.i-334.98     Document Type: Article

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