At the Intersection of Culture and Religion: A Cultural Analysis of Religion's Implications for Secondary Control and Social Affiliation

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-414

  Sasaki, Joni Y ^a   Kim, Heejung S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Religion; Secondary control; Social affiliation; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; KOREA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; CATHOLICISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; KOREA; PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960779773     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021849     Document Type: Article

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