Clarifying the relation between spirituality and well-being

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-280

  Migdal, Lori ^a   MacDonald, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; psychometric; Spirituality; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876387543     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318288e26a     Document Type: Article

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