The relationship of spirituality, benefit finding, and other psychosocial variables to the hormone oxytocin in HIV/AIDS

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-162

  Kelsch, Courtney B ^a   Ironson, Gail ^a   Szeto, Angela ^b   Kremer, Heidemarie ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a   Mendez, Armando J ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Benefit finding; HIV; Oxytocin; Spiritual transformation; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897621302     PISSN: 10468064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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