The religious and spiritual struggles scale: Development and initial validation

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-222

  Exline, Julie J ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^b   Grubbs, Joshua B ^a   Yali, Ann Marie ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

God; religion; religious coping; spiritual struggles; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905164101     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036465     Document Type: Article

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