The human capacity for growth through adversity

American Psychologist

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-264

  Linley, P Alex ^a,c   Joseph, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL;

EID: 17044362229     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.3.262b     Document Type: Article

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