Resilience in trauma-exposed refugees: The moderating effect of coping style on resilience variables

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-563

  Hooberman, Joshua ^a   Rosenfeld, Barry ^b   Rasmussen, Andrew ^c   Keller, Allen ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive appraisal; Coping style; New York City; PTSD; Quality of support; Refugees; Resilience; Social comparison; Social support; Survivors of torture; Trauma; War related trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TORTURE SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958459768     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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