Examining a purported association between attachment to God and scrupulosity

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-236

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Rowatt, Wade C ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; God; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); scrupulosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905186927     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036345     Document Type: Review

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