Posttraumatic Growth Associated With a Relative's Serious Illness

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-72

  Loiselle, Kristin A ^a   Devine, Katie A ^a   Reed Knight, Bonney ^a   Blount, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953079217     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023043     Document Type: Article

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