Paying it forward: The transformative aspects of volunteering after hurricane katrina

Traumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-40

  Dass Brailsford, Priscilla ^a   Thomley, Rebecca ^b   de Mendoza, Alejandra Hurtad ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b Orion Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; crisis; Hurricane Katrina; natural disasters; prosocial behavior; qualitative methods; supportive interventions; transformation; volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957869827     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610395619     Document Type: Article

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