Christian religious functioning and trauma outcomes

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-29

  Harris, J Irene ^a,b   Erbes, Christopher R ^a,b   Engdahl, Brian E ^a,b   Olson, Raymond H A ^c   Winskowski, Ann Marie ^c   McMahill, Joelle ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minnesota Veterans Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic growth; Prayer; PTSD; Religion; Religious coping; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38749142122     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20427     Document Type: Article

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