Stress-related growth: Pre-intervention correlates and change following a resilience intervention

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Dolbier, Christyn L ^a   Jaggars, Shanna Smith ^b   Steinhardt, Mary A ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depressive symptoms; Positive adaptation; Post traumatic growth; Resilience intervention; Stress related growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 77953576526     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1275     Document Type: Article

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