Feeling grateful to God: A qualitative inquiry

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Krause, Neal ^a   Evans, Lindsey A ^a   Powers, Gregory ^a   Hayward, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

God; gratitude; health; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859495060     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2012.656691     Document Type: Article

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