The relationship of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Sri Lankan University students

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-339

  McCaslin, Shannon E ^a   De Zoysa, Piyanjali ^b   Butler, Lisa D ^c,f   Hart, Stacey ^d   Marmar, Charles R ^a   Metzler, Thomas J ^e   Koopman, Cheryl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349121671     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20426     Document Type: Article

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