Struggle with the divine in Swiss patients visited by chaplains: Prevalence and correlates

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 966-976

  Fitchett, George ^a   Winter Pfändler, Urs ^b   Pargament, Kenneth I ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Swiss Institute of Pastoral Sociology (SPI)   (Switzerland)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Religious struggle; Spiritual care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CLERGY; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CLERGY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; SWITZERLAND; VISITORS TO PATIENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906564580     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313482167     Document Type: Review

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