Coping, routine activities, and recovery from acute distress among emergency medical personnel after a mass shooting incident

Current Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-19

  Jenkins, Sharon Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Disaster; Distress; Firefighters; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544445329     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-997-1012-1     Document Type: Article

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