Posttraumatic Growth and Group-Based Interventions for Persons Dealing With Cancer: What Have We Learned So Far?

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Lechner, Suzanne C ^a,c   Antoni, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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