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Mental Health, Religion & Culture Volume 13, 2010 - Issue 7-8: Religious Orientation, Mental Health and Culture
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Psychological type and religious orientation: do introverts and extraverts go to church for different reasons?

Leslie J. Francis Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mandy Robbins Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England, UK
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Laura Murray Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Pages 821-827 | Received 12 Feb 2008, Accepted 14 May 2008, Published online: 03 Dec 2010

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