Life satisfaction in chronic pain patients: The stress-buffering role of the centrality of religion

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-516

  Dezutter, Jessie ^a   Robertson, Linda A ^b   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Hutsebaut, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; THERAPY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MENTAL HEALING; PAIN; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 77956406983     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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