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Measuring religious attitudes: reliability and validity of the German version of the Systems of Belief Inventory (SBI-15R-D) in a representative sample

Norbert Grulke Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, Germany
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Harald Bailer Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gerd Blaser Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany
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Michael Geyer Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany
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Elmar Brähler Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany
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Cornelia Albani Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany
Pages 203-213 | Published online: 12 May 2010

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