Posttraumatic growth in accident survivors: Openness and optimism as predictors of its constructive or illusory sides

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-263

  Zoellner, Tanja ^a   Rabe, Sirko ^b   Karl, Anke ^b   Maercker, Andreas ^c  

^a Roseneck Hospital   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Openness; Optimism; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 41349096231     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20441     Document Type: Article

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