Divorce, religious coping, and depressive symptoms in a conservative protestant religious group

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 544-557

  Webb, Amy Pieper ^a   Ellison, Christopher G ^b   McFarland, Michael J ^a   Lee, Jerry W ^c   Morton, Kelly ^c   Walters, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Divorce related topics; Religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149345759     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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