Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL): A Study on Muslims

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 631-641

  Saffari, Mohsen ^a   Zeidi, Isa Mohammadi ^b   Pakpour, Amir H ^b   Koenig, Harold G ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DUREL; Persian; Psychometric evaluation; Religion; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876073778     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9639-0     Document Type: Article

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