Personality, coping and posttraumatic growth in emergency ambulance personnel

Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^a   Gow, Kathryn ^b   Smith, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Coping; Emergency service work; Paramedic; Personality; Posttraumatic growth; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 39849087843     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560501100410     Document Type: Article

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