Positive God Images and Positive Emotions toward God: Exploring Variations among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 269-280

  Krause, Neal ^a   Ironson, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions toward God; God images; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85001004328     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-016-0742-0     Document Type: Article

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