Gerotranscendence and life satisfaction: Studies of religious and secular iranians and turks

Journal of Religious Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-41

  Lewin, Fereshteh Ahmadi ^b   Eugene Thomas, L ^a  

^a Uppsala University ^*

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gerotranscendence; Life satisfaction; Spiritual development; Spiritual maturity; Sufism; Ways of thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010013649     PISSN: 10502289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J078v12n01_04     Document Type: Article

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