Frameworks of caring and helping in adolescence: Are empathy, religiosity, and spirituality related constructs?

Youth and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-80

  Markstrom, Carol A ^a   Huey, Erron ^b   Stiles, Bethanie Morris ^a   Krause, Amanda L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Human Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

empathy; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956329209     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09333644     Document Type: Article

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