Does social support mediate the moderating effect of intrinsic religiosity on the relationship between physical health and depressive symptoms among Jews?

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-496

  Pirutinsky, Steven ^a   Rosmarin, David H ^b   Holt, Cheryl L ^c   Feldman, Robert H ^c   Caplan, Lee S ^d   Midlarsky, Elizabeth ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^e  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Illness; Judaism; Social support; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 82755194894     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9325-9     Document Type: Article

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