Vicarious growth in wives of vietnam veterans: A phenomenological investigation into decades of "lived" experience

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-290

  McCormack, Lynne ^a   Hagger, Martin S ^a   Joseph, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comprehensibility; meaning; vicarious posttraumatic growth; vicarious trauma; Vietnam veterans; wives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958230726     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167810377506     Document Type: Article

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