A model of resilience and meaning after military deployment: Personal resources in making sense of war and peacekeeping experiences

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-338

  Schok, Michaela L ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^b   Lensvelt Mulders, Gerty J L M ^c  

^a Veterans Institute Centre for Research and Expertise   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University for Humanistics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distrust; Growth; Meaning; Resilience; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; SELF CONCEPT; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 77951951305     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903228812     Document Type: Article

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