Spiritual, religious, and personal beliefs are important and distinctive to assessing quality of life in health: A comparison of theoretical models

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 729-748

  O'Connell, Kathryn A ^a   Skevington, Suzanne M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77958565037     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910709X479799     Document Type: Article

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