Positive emotions in earthquake survivors in El Salvador (2001)

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-328

  Vázquez, Carmelo ^a   Cervellón, Priscilla ^b   Pérez Sales, Pau ^c,d   Vidales, Diana ^d   Gaborit, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Department of Psychology   (El Salvador)

^c Doctors Without Borders Holland ^*  (Spain)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping; Natural disasters; Positive emotions; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFUGEE;

EID: 15944393518     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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