Fear of Muslims: Psychometric evaluation of the Islamophobia Scale

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-171

  Lee, Sherman A ^a   Reid, Chelsea A ^b   Short, Stephen D ^c   Gibbons, Jeffrey A ^a   Yeh, Ruth ^d   Campbell, Matthew L ^e  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Islam; Islamophobia; Muslims; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882238582     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032117     Document Type: Article

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