Meaning as a mission: A review of empirical studies on appraisals of war and peacekeeping experiences

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-365

  Schok, Michaela L ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^b   Elands, Martin ^a   Weerts, Jos M P ^a  

^a Veterans Institute Centre for Research and Expertise   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Meaning; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PSYCHOLOGY, MILITARY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED NATIONS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 39749154822     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2007.04.005     Document Type: Review

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