Posttraumatic stress and growth among Tibetan refugees: The mediating role of cognitive-emotional regulation strategies

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 720-735

  Hussain, Dilwar ^a   Bhushan, Braj ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Cognitive emotion regulation; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIBET;

EID: 79958054860     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20801     Document Type: Article

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