Adversity does not always lead to psychopathology:Cognitive reactivity is related to longitudinal changes in resilience

Netherlands Journal of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Giesbrecht, Timo ^a   Abidi, Karima ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Oorsouw, Kim ^a   Raymaeker, Linsey ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive reactivity; Negative affect; Positive affect; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954638506     PISSN: 1872552X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03080128     Document Type: Article

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