Forgiving the September 11th terrorists: Associations with coping, psychological distress, and religiosity

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Rhoades, Galena Kline ^a   McIntosh, Daniel N ^a   Wadsworth, Martha E ^a   Ahlkvist, Jarl A ^a   Burwell, Rebecca A ^a   Gudmundsen, Gretchen R ^a   Raviv, Tali ^a   Rea, Jacqueline G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Forgiveness; Religion; Stress; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248588246     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701195405     Document Type: Review

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