Characterizing the resilient officer: Individual attributes at point of entry to policing

Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-188

  Burke, Karena J ^a   Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^a   Paton, Douglas ^a   Ryan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Tasmania Police   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Personality; Police recruits; Posttraumatic growth; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649000945     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765606296531     Document Type: Article

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