Posttraumatic stress and growth: The contribution of cognitive appraisal and sense of belonging to the country

Health and Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Nuttman Shwartz, Orit ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Country; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; Sense of belonging; Terror

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 67149096665     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.2.87     Document Type: Article

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