Gratitude and hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in Vietnam war veterans

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-199

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Uswatte, Gitendra ^b   Julian, Terri ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Gratitude; Post traumatic stress disorder; Veterans; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 29744465881     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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