Posttraumatic Growth in Spain

Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-112

  Vázquez, Carmelo ^a   Paez, Darío ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender equality issues; Posttraumatic growth; Same sex marriages; Social support; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952149890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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