Increasing psychological well-being and resilience by psychotherapeutic methods

Journal of Personality

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1903-1934

  Fava, Giovanni A ^a,b   Tomba, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70450196985     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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