Integrating the study of culture and religion: Toward a psychology of worldview

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-152

  Johnson, Kathryn A ^a   Hill, Eric D ^a   Cohen, Adam B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959605662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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