Spirituality and god-attachment as predictors of subjective well-being for seminarians and nuns in India

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 121-140

  Mendonca, Dudley ^a   Oakes, K Elizabeth ^b   Ciarrocchi, Joseph W ^b   Sneck, William J ^c   Gillespie, Kevin ^b  

^a Sadhana Institute in India   (India)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84965031172     PISSN: 10468064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004158511.i-301.48     Document Type: Article

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