Pathways to Posttraumatic Growth Versus Posttraumatic Stress: Coping and Emotional Reactions Following the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-312

  Park, Crystal L ^a   Aldwin, Carolyn M ^b   Fenster, Juliane R ^a   Snyder, Leslie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; posttraumatic growth; posttraumatic stress; September 11; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION;

EID: 58249087052     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014054     Document Type: Article

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