Performance of the Duke Religion Index and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in Online Samples of Men Who Have Sex with Men

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 610-621

  Wilkerson, J Michael ^a   Smolensk, Derek J ^a   Brady, Sonya S ^a   Rosser, B R Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV prevention; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876077790     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9594-9     Document Type: Article

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