The relationship between explanatory style and posttraumatic growth after bereavement in a non-clinical sample

Death Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-478

  Ho, Samuel M Y ^a   Chu, Kwung Wing ^a   Yiu, Jessie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMPREHENSION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; COMPREHENSION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 42949134917     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180801974760     Document Type: Article

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