Resilience in the Face of Coping With a Severe Physical Injury: A Study of Trajectories of Adjustment in a Rehabilitation Setting

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-22

  Quale, Anette Johansen ^a,b   Schanke, Anne Kristine ^a,b  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

positive psychology; resilience; severely injured; spinal cord injuries; trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649115371     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018415     Document Type: Article

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