Religious Involvement Measurement Model in a National Sample of African Americans

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 567-578

  Roth, David L ^a   Mwase, Isaac ^b   Holt, Cheryl L ^c   Clark, Eddie M ^d   Lukwago, Susan N ^e   Kreuter, Matthew W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Seward County Health Department   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Assessment; Factor structure; Loading invariance analyses; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862259452     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-011-9475-7     Document Type: Article

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