Religious and Spiritual Struggles, Past and Present: Relations to the Big Five and Well-Being

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-64

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

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84975138771     PISSN: 10508619     EISSN: 15327582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2016.1183251     Document Type: Article

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