The Role of Creative Thinking in Resilience After Hurricane Katrina

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-123

  Metzl, Einat S ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

creative thinking; flexibility; natural disaster; originality; resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549120362     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013479     Document Type: Article

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