Patterns of Religious Coping among Bereaved College Students

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-177

  Lord, Benjamin D ^a   Gramling, Sandra E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Factor analysis; Religion; Religious coping; World assumptions; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905563642     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9610-0     Document Type: Article

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