Reading the bible for guidance, comfort, and strength during stressful life events

Nursing Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-184

  Hamilton, Jill B ^a   Moore, Angelo D ^b   Johnson, Khishaana A ^c   Koenig, Harold G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; religion; spirituality; stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIBLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877269522     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31828fc816     Document Type: Article

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