Religion Replenishes Self-Control

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 635-642

  Rounding, Kevin ^a   Lee, Albert ^a   Jacobson, Jill A ^a   Ji, Li Jun ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

religion; self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862156383     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611431987     Document Type: Article

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