Religiosity and posttraumatic growth: A note concerning the problems of confounding in their measurement and the inclusion of religiosity within the definition of posttraumatic growth

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 843-845

  Joseph, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Posttraumatic growth; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052608481     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2011.609162     Document Type: Article

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