The quest for meaning: Religious affiliation differences in the correlates of religious quest and search for meaning in life

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-226

  Steger, Michael F ^a   Pickering, Natalie K ^b   Adams, Erica ^b   Burnett, Jennifer ^b   Shin, Joo Yeon ^a   Dik, Bryan J ^a   Stauner, Nick ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

religious affiliation; religious quest; religiousness; search for meaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649462963     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019122     Document Type: Article

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