Impact of Stressful Life Experiences and of Spiritual Well-Being on Trauma Symptoms

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-47

  Lee, Sandra S ^a   Waters, Catherine ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress; Spirituality; Stressful life experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; VARIANCE; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0242578474     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v26n01_04     Document Type: Article

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