Inner representations, coping, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology in a community sample of trauma survivors

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-369

  Goldenberg, Irina ^a   Matheson, Kimberly ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33144462221     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2704_9     Document Type: Review

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