Making sense of suffering: A preliminary study of changes in religious women adjusting to severe adversity

Counseling and Values

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-98

  Williams, Marleen S ^a   Jerome, Annette ^b   White, Kirsten ^a   Fisher, Aaron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

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EID: 84988017231     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2006.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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