A sense of 'special connection', self-transcendent values and a common factor for religious and non-religious spirituality

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-326

  Hyland, Michael E ^a   Wheeler, Philippa ^a   Kamble, Shanmukh ^b   Masters, Kevin S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; health; motivation; personality; religion; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751529236     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361210X533265     Document Type: Review

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