Measuring growth with the posttraumatic growth inventory

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Anderson Jr , Walter P ^a,b   Lopez Baez, Sandra I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Anderson and Mirmelstein Counseling PLC   (United States)

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EID: 41849138658     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2008.11909816     Document Type: Article

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