Meditative prayer, hope, adult attachment, and forgiveness: A proposed model

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-131

  Jankowski, Peter J ^a   Sandage, Steven J ^a  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult attachment; dispositional forgiveness; hope; meditative prayer; relational spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957627101     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021601     Document Type: Article

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