Closeness of All Kinds: The Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in the Physiology of Spiritual and Religious Behavior

Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth: Research Perspectives and Future Possibilities

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-60

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Affiliative behavior; Oxytocin; Religiosity; Spirituality; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865357393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118092699.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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