A Stairway to Heaven? Structure of the Religious Involvement Inventory and Spiritual Well-Being Scale

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-19

  Gow, Alan J ^a   Watson, Roger ^b   Whiteman, Martha ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structure; Mokken scaling procedure; Principal components analysis; Religiosity; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SATISFACTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79952039570     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9375-2     Document Type: Article

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