Posttraumatic growth in adolescence: The role of religiosity, distress, and forgiveness

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 862-880

  Laufer, Avital ^a   Raz Hamama, Yaira ^b   Levine, Stephen Z ^c   Solomon, Zahava ^b  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 70349417937     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2009.28.7.862     Document Type: Article

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