Toward Understanding Posttraumatic Growth: Commentary on Tedeschi and Calhoun

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-80

  Stanton, Annette L ^a   Low, Carissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842430184     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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