Religious and spiritual factors and the consequences of trauma: A review and model of the interrelationship

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-524

  Schaefer, Frauke C ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^a   Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsic religiosity; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 66749093767     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.4.i     Document Type: Article

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