Post-traumatic stress and self-disclosure

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-34

  Purves, David G ^a   Erwin, Philip G ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counseling; Post traumatic stress; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADULT; AFFECT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 2142716963     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.138.1.23-34     Document Type: Article

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