Is acknowledgment of trauma a protective factor?: The sample case of refugees from chechnya

European Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Povilonyte, Marija ^a   Lianova, Raichat ^b   Pöhlmann, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Protective factor; Refugees; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349130219     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.14.3.249     Document Type: Article

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