Religion as an Existential Resource: On Meaning-Making, Religious Coping and Rituals
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Mental Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1788-4934,1788-7119
DOI: 10.5708/ejmh.11.2016.1-2.1