Religious involvement and death anxjety

Omega (United States)

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-78

  Krause, Neal ^a   Hayward, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908556714     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.69.1.d     Document Type: Article

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