Depression, anxiety, and religious life: A search for mediators

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-359

  Sternthal, Michelle J ^a   Williams, David R ^a   Musick, Marc A ^b   Buck, Anna C ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; religion; religion and health; religious aspects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449276576     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146510378237     Document Type: Article

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