Factors contributing to posttraumatic growth: A proposed structural equation model

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-287

  Cadell, Susan ^a   Regehr, Cheryl ^b   Hemsworth, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OCCUPATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0041977163     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.73.3.279     Document Type: Article

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