Relationships Among Spirituality, Religious Practices, Personality Factors, and Health for Five Different Faith Traditions

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1017-1041

  Johnstone, Brick ^a   Yoon, Dong Pil ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^a   Schopp, Laura H ^a   McCormack, Guy ^b   Campbell, James ^c   Smith, Marian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMMRS; Health; NEO FFI; Personality; Religion; SF 36; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84869866719     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9615-8     Document Type: Article

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