Meaning making in survivorship: Application to Holocaust survivors

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 440-468

  Armour, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded in action; Meaning making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953523948     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350903274997     Document Type: Article

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