Cultural Consonance, Religion and Psychological Distress in an Urban Community

Cultural consonance is the degree to which individuals approximate prototypes encoded in cultural models. Low cultural consonance is associated with higher psychological distress. Religion may moderate the association between cultural consonance and psychological distress. Brazil, with substantial v...

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Main Authors: William W. Dressler, H. J. Francois Dengah II, Mauro Campos Balieiro, Jose Ernesto dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-08-01
Series:Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-863X2013000200151&lng=en&tlng=en