The effect of spirituality and religious attendance on the relationship between psychological distress and negative life events

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 487-497

  Kidwai, Rubeena ^a   Mancha, Brent E ^b   Brown, Qiana L ^b   Eaton, William W ^b  

^a KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Distress; ECA; Negative life events; Religious attendance; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896718151     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0723-x     Document Type: Article

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