Advancing our understanding of religion and spirituality in the context of behavioral medicine.

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Published in J Behav Med on June 24, 2016

Authors

Crystal L Park1, Kevin S Masters2, John M Salsman3, Amy Wachholtz2,4, Andrea D Clements5, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher6, Kelly Trevino7, Danielle M Wischenka8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA. Crystal.park@uconn.edu.
2: Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 80217, USA.
3: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine & the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake, Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
4: Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
5: Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
6: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Brown University School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
7: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
8: Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshivah University, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.

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