Personality, religious and spiritual struggles, and well-being

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 341-351

  Wilt, Joshua A ^a   Grubbs, Joshua B ^a   Exline, Julie J ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; religiousness; spiritual struggle; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955155351     PISSN: 19411022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/rel0000054     Document Type: Article

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