Who Explains Hurricane Katrina and the Chilean Earthquake as an Act of God? The Experience of Extreme Hardship Predicts Religious Meaning-Making

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 606-619

  Stephens, Nicole M ^a   Fryberg, Stephanie A ^b   Markus, Hazel Rose ^c   Hamedani, MarYam G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; beliefs; cultural psychology; religion morality; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875782863     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112454330     Document Type: Article

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