Cultural-Historical Psychology
2017. Vol. 13, no. 3, 60–70
doi:10.17759/chp.2017130308
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)
«God as a Causal Agent»: Religious Attribution in Orthodox Context
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Keywords: psychology of religion, attribution theory, causal agents, causal schemes, casuality, God as a Causal Agent Scale
Journal rubric: Empirical Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2017130308
For citation: Malevich T.V., Kolkunova K.A., Kozhevnikov D.D. «God as a Causal Agent»: Religious Attribution in Orthodox Context. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2017. Vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 60–70. DOI: 10.17759/chp.2017130308. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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