Development, refinement, and psychometric properties of the attitudes toward god scale (ATGS-9)

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-167

  Wood, Benjamin T ^a   Worthington Jr , Everett L ^a   Exline, Julie Juola ^b   Yali, Ann Marie ^c   Aten, Jamie D ^d   McMinn, Mark R ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger at God; psychometrics; religion; scale development; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956319202     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018753     Document Type: Article

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