The role of pet ownership as a possible buffer variable in traumatic experbences

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-145

  Arambašić, Lidija ^a   Keresteš, Gordana ^a   Kuterovac Jagodić, Gordana ^a   Vizek Vidović, Vlasta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coping; Pets; Traumatic stress; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346108285     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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