Post-traumatic growth: An opportunity after the trauma?;Crescita post-traumatica: Un'opportunità dopo il trauma?

Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-144

  Prati, Gabriele ^a   Pietrantoni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidents; Positive psychology; Post traumatic growth; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746600613     PISSN: 11261072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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