The relationship between Sense of Coherence and indicators of secondary traumatic stress in non-professional trauma counsellors

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 38-45

  Ortlepp, Karen ^a   Friedman, Merle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0346611426     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630103100205     Document Type: Article

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