The effects of personality, social support and religiosity on posttraumatic growth

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wilson, Julie T ^a   Boden, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Big five; Extraversion; Personality; Posttraumatic growth; Religiosity; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749095589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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