Examining whether spirituality predicts subjective well-being: How to avoid tautology

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 141-148

  Garssen, Bert ^a   Visser, Anja ^a   De Jager Meezenbroek, Eltica ^a  

^a HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distress; questionnaire; spirituality; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925883167     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/rel0000025     Document Type: Article

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