Broken Vows: Divorce as a Spiritual Trauma and Its Implications for Growth and Decline

Trauma, Recovery, and Growth: Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-123

  Mahoney, Annette ^a   Krumrei, Elizabeth J ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken vows; Divorce; Spiritual growth; Spirituality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249144358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269718.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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