Evaluation of the Dispositional Hope Scale in injury survivors

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-617

  Creamer, Mark ^a,b   O'Donnell, Meaghan L ^a,b,c   Carboon, Isla ^a,b   Lewis, Virginia ^a,b   Densley, Konstancja ^a,b   McFarlane, Alexander ^d   Silove, Derrick ^e   Bryant, Richard A ^e  

^a Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Centre for Military and Veterans' Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispositional Hope Scale; Hope; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349118709     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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