Moderators of the relation between perceived and actual posttraumatic growth

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Gunty, Amy L ^a   Frazier, Patricia A ^a   Tennen, Howard ^b   Tomich, Patricia ^c   Tashiro, Ty ^d   Park, Crystal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; moderators; posttraumatic growth; stress related growth; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953886348     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020485     Document Type: Article

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