Individual differences in religiosity as a function of cognitive ability and cognitive style

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 667-673

  Razmyar, Soroush ^a   Reeve, Charlie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; Intelligence; Mediation; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884924778     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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