Thriving as Becoming Resolute in Narratives of Women Surviving Childhood Maltreatment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-386

  Hall, Joanne M ^a   Roman, Marian W ^a   Thomas, Sandra P ^a   Travis, Cheryl Brown ^a   Powell, Jill ^a   Tennison, Clifton R ^a   Moyers, Karen ^a   Shoffner, Dava H ^a   Bolton, Kimberly M ^a   Broyles, Tonya ^a   Martin, Tracey ^a   McArthur, Polly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse maltreatment; posttraumatic growth; resilience; thriving; trauma recovery; women trauma recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE STRESS; NARRATIVE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DRIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449092265     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016531     Document Type: Article

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