The experience of posttraumatic growth for people with spinal cord injury

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 877-890

  Chun, Sanghee ^a   Lee, Youngkhill ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Illness and disease; Interviews; Life threatening; Relationships; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 45149147299     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308318028     Document Type: Article

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